104 THERMAL WATERS OF ASIA MINOR. 



Carbonic acid, fixed 050 Lime 2.534 



Sulphuric acid 1.648 Magnesia 110 



Chlorine 18.440 Alumina 012 



Bromine, minute quantity, not esti- Iron 003 



mated. Soda 14.858 



Combined as follows : 



Carbonate of lime 0912 Chloride of calcium 2.0040 



Sulphate of soda 1.4625 Chloride of magnesium 2023 



Sulphate of lime.... 1.3000 Carbonate of iron 0038 



Sulphate of alumina 0.0221 Bromide of magnesium, minute quan- 



Chloride of sodium 28.0260 tity. 



There are several other sources of thermal water in various 

 parts of this island; the one reputed to have the greatest tem- 

 perature is about eighteen miles from the latter, and called 

 Fezilkeh ; this source I could not visit, and can therefore say 

 nothing of it from personal examination. There is yet one 

 other source that I will allude to — the 



TIBERIAD THERMAL WATERS. 



The source of these waters is on the border of the sea of 

 Galilee and within a mile of the city of Tiberias, of the solid 

 structure of which repeated earthquakes have left but little. 

 The surrounding country shows marked evidence of extensive 

 volcanic action. 



There are several sources at the place I visited, but they 

 seem to vary little from each other. They flow into Turkish 

 baths, and from them pass into the sea, on their way leaving a 

 slight yellow deposit, which is doubtless, as in many of these 

 waters, a crenate of lime. 



Their temperature was not accurately ascertained for want 

 of a thermometer, but I should consider it about 120° Fah. 



Chemical Composition. — In one litre 23.540 grammes of solid 

 matter. The same quantity of water furnished in grammes 



Carbonic acid, fixed 006 Lime 443 



Sulphuric acid 197 Magnesia 119 



Chlorine 13.989 Silica 006 



Soda 8.751 



Combined as follows : 



Sulphate of soda 0620 Chloride of calcium 7800 



Sulphate of lime 0386 Chloride of magnesium 1850 



Sulphate of magnesia 0151 Silica 0060 



Chloride of sodium 22.2330 Carbonate of lime 0106 



