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Pitkeatbly, fituated about fix miles from the town of 

 l^erth, is the one in moft efteem, and the moft fre- 

 quented. 



As no particular treatife has been published on 

 thefe waters, and I wifhed to know their particular 

 nature and contents, I wrote to his Grace the Duke 

 of Athol, whofe feat of Dunkeld is within 14 or 

 15 miles of the wells, and begged the favour of 

 him, to afk fome of the phyfical people in the 

 neighbourhood to examine thefe waters, and to- fend 

 me an account of them ; and in confequence there- 

 of, his Grace was fo obliging as to fend me a letter 

 from Dr. Wood, of Perth, giving the following de- 

 fcription of them ; and afterwards fix bottles of the 

 water, which arrived in fpring 1771. 



" The fpring rifes in a very low marfhy ground, 

 <{ undiftinguifhable from any other ; but, by the tafte 

 c< of its water, it is generally believed to contain 

 " no mineral principle, but a fmall proportion of 

 tc marine falts. It acquires fomewhat of a putrid 

 " tafte by keeping, but retains its purging quality; 

 " and it keeps much better in open, than in corked 

 " bottles. 



" It purges gently, and without griping. An 

 ct adult perfon drinks commonly a bottle and a half, 

 " or two bottles, of a mcrning. 



te In fcrophulous and fcorbutic habits, it is cer- 

 €t tainly a moft ufefui water. 



et A new fpring has been lately difcovered about 

 w two or three hundred yards from the old one, 

 " but its waters feem to be much of the fame 

 <c ftrength and quality as the former." 



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