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Wilhin three hundred yards of this structure, at tlie bottom of a 

 flight of steps leading to the river, lies a small cistern, equal in 

 heat to the king's bath at Bath, which raises the thermometer to 

 one hundred and twenty degrees ; and, according to several ex- 

 periments and observations made on the spot by two medical 

 gentlemen, they evidently proved that these waters are of the same 

 composition, nature, and quality with the Bath waters, in every 

 respect except one: these have no impregnation of iron, and those 

 at Bath a very small one ; but so very small, that according to Dr. 

 Lucas's account, it is not of the least importance in respect to 

 their virtue. The waters of the last described cistern we used for 

 drinking, being by much the clearest and best. Two yards from 

 this we fou d another cistern, choked up with mud, and disre- 

 garded on that account. We cleared it out of curiosity, but 

 made no use of the water. There are three other wells in the 

 midst of the river, which are entirely overflowed in the rains. 

 Besides these there are many small springs in the river itself, 

 which warmed the water near them very perceptibly. 



The country people destroy the efficacy of these waters on 

 themselves by constantly bathing in them. The brahmins, banians, 

 women and children, resident in the neighbouring villages, resort 

 to them morning and evening; they are crowded from all parts on 

 festival days, and the brahmins who live at the pagodas are alter- 

 nately bathing in them all day long. 



On a comparison between the experiment made bj r Dr. Lucas 

 with the Bath waters, and those made with the hot sprint at 

 Ramexauar, the latter is found to contain sixteen grains of solid 

 contents; about six of which are earth, and ten salt: these are 



