UN^ITED STATES. 



A cure is said to have been made by these waters^ 

 in some cases in which the warm springs have failed* 

 Yet there is, certainly, a body and richness in the 

 warm spring waters, that is not perceived in these,^ 

 which are more like common water warmed or heat- 

 ed ; though the bubbles of air, or gas, ascend in them 

 in considerable numbers." 



Sweet sfirings,,. They rise on the north side, and 

 ^.t the bottom of a large mountain, in Monro county, 

 formerly a part of Botetourt. According to Dr^ 

 Green, " they are 400 miles distant from Philadel- 

 phia, in nearly a south-west direction. The road 

 to them is by the warm and hot springs, and from 

 Staunton, is almost impassable for a carriage. 



^' These springs are usually considered as more 

 medicinal than any other in Virginia, especially for 

 drinking* They are very copious, so that a saw- 

 mill is turned by them, at the distance of 200 yards 

 from their source. The water rises perpendicularly 

 out of the earth, forming an immense number of 

 bubbles in its ascent. 



" These waters when taken into the stomach, are 

 sometimes emetic, especially when first used. Ge« 

 nerally, however, they are not emetic* Their com- 

 mon operation is to prove gently purgative, and pow- 

 erfully diuretic. They have an acidulous taste, (and 

 hence are absurdly called sweet,) somewhat resem- 

 bling the taste of weak cream of tartar punch. The 

 temperature is 72 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermo- 

 meter* 



" The water is seldom agreeable when first used, 

 and almost as seldom fails to become highly so, whea 

 used for some time. The water is considered as 



