ITNITED STATES* 



The water when drank has a light, acidulous, 

 ehalybeate taste, a little hepatic, common to aU 

 springs containing iron. 



Dr. Rouelle found by analysis, that the active 

 -ingredients are aerial acid, magnesia, vitriol of mag- 

 nesia, and iron. 



It would be more acidulous than the other springs 

 if the superfluity of acid was not taken up by the 

 iron. If this did not happen, the water would be 

 more acidulous than that of Fyrmont ; and ft^om the 

 circumstance of its containing but one kind of air, it 

 is rendered in Dr» Houelle's opinion, well adapted t© 

 ©ur constitution. 



It is, moreover, not liable to be disturbed by the 

 accidents of the valley, as putrefaction. It may be 

 transported to any part of the United States in its 

 purity, as Dr. Rouelle proved, by being well corked, 

 and the cork covered with resin. 



All the waters which come out of the meadow are 

 ©f the same nature. 



Sulphur S/irings.,,.'^ These are distant from the 

 hot springs about 32 miles ; and are situated ia 

 Green-briar county, on the west of the Alleghany. 



"These waters have a strong' impregnation of 

 sulphur, so that flakes of it are easily gathered up 

 from the sides of the rills that run from the spring. 

 The water is extremely cold, being 63 degrees of 

 Fahrenheit's thermometer, 



" The spring from which the sulphur water pro- 

 ceeds, issues from the ground into a marsh, and is 

 not very abundant. It requires a number of hours 

 to fill the bath. 



These waters are more purgative than any in 



