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contains more or lefs of a true genuine fulphur, or, 

 at leaft, of a fulphureous matter. 



From what has been faid, it appears, that this is 

 one of the ftrongefi: fulphureous waters hitherto 

 found in Great Britain, though I make no doubt but 

 that there are many fuch which have not hitherto 

 been examined : That, in its natural ftate, it is 

 highly impregnated with a volatile fulphureous va-. 

 pour, which evaporates foon when expofed to the 

 open air, and flies off immediately when expofed to 

 heat 5 and that the water then lofes its flrong ful- 

 phureous fmell and tafte, though we have the flrongeft 

 reafon to fufpect that it fiill contains a fulphureous 

 matter difTolved in it, by fome means hitherto unknown 

 to us; for it neither contains an alkaline fait nor quick- 

 lime, the two only fubltances we hitherto know to be 

 capable of dilTolving fulphur, and keeping it fufpended 

 in water : That it lets drop to the bottom of the well, 

 and of its channels, a fine powder of fulphur, which 

 adheres to the leaves and branches of trees found 

 there. 



As this water contains but very little purging fait, 

 and does not operate by ftool, fea water, or fome 

 purging fait, may be added to the firfl glafies drank 

 in a morning, when purging is required. Equal 

 parts of the CafUe-Loed and fea water mixed to- 

 gether, make a water in moft refpects fimilar to the 

 Harrowgate j and probably will be found to anfvver 

 in moft cafes where the Harrowgate has been found 

 ufeful ; and it may often be ufed with more advantage 

 than the purging fulphureous waters, as they fome- 

 times purge people of weak conftitutions too freely, 

 -and weaken them too much. 



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