©Urhy-the Hones w^ich; proje : £leoV from the fides of the. path that we 

 toofcJ^Yetj/rrOtwithftajidio^.rBarj^ pf-the loads fell', and rat nig.lit.it was. 

 difcoyened-iibat the fiik-^rV hon^Ifo waf; milling along wi^h a^fm^H^^v 

 ket'ot Cafamir faffVon' which- i jhail-boughtfrom ; ^ : ,LaUkli[ 'agent. no j)j v 



The. Whole -of the country; jFrpm- Thtdp&riXQ, Kicn-lung or Chir^lu^ig^. 

 exhibits abundant' proof of the prefence of minci"ab, : :an.d.-jthe ;HV'l;s 

 teem with fprings of hpu-wajteiy.ipipifgpatcd with various minci;.! and 

 faline fubftances, which we had neither leifure nor means to anulyfe I 

 the fprings of TirHpuri feem charged with eajcarepu?. matter alone,, 

 which in procefs of time becomes ljme Rone, marhV,aLcj calcareous fpar... 

 Near 'Kienduii^. % the hot-water contains calcareous-matter mixed with falls* 

 Still nearer ; lo : this, town, it is charged with iron i and oppofite to Kc'in-- 

 Ityig ;.is a qiyern into which drips water highly charged with fulphuric.;' 

 acid; jFhis tavern isabouUweiye feet: in breaddi, at it^mouth- five feet 

 bi^h. and .about fourteen feet in depth,, from the entrance to die back. 



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pirLi ^ThQiHoojr^Qnfillvof. projeciionsof calcareous matter mixed- withj, 

 fu'lphur^arid .cavities or pools of water about four .feet deep,, tra rfparenr*.. 

 highly chareed with fulphur. Hot fuJDhurecus .vapour iflucs through: 

 B'ri'Wrbu? holes in the Qoorvand a per fori is thrown into, perfpiration al- 

 sno ft immediately, without his; breathing being inc.pmmod :d i; by the ful- 

 phurfleawi /provided he -Hand ■upri^hu Iput he is feized with couching 

 amfafenfe of fuffjeuion, if he crouch on the fl ))r as. happened to a Bin*. 

 dh who fat dawn. , This occurs hkewife irUh.e grotto dm cani, and ari fes 

 merely from the fpecific gravity of the. fiilphureous, gas, bring greater 

 than that of the a'tmo fp he ric a ij% with which it does not mix with cele- 

 rity. The fides of the cavern were formed by calcareous matter, and 

 Hour of fulphur, in fome places fl raw colour, in others of a deep 

 brim (lone hue. The proportion of brin-ifune. to the other material is 

 tiear-ly two to oae» The fide is fo,foft, tU„t it may be fcooped off by 



