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of the ground, was examined and found to contain 
carbonic acid gas, sulphate and carbonate of lime, 
sulphate or muriate of magnesia, and sulphate of 
soda, altogether amounting to 50 grains of solid 
contents to a pint. When the same well was sunk 
to the depth of twenty-two feet, a much more copious 
saline spring was found, beneath a compact stratum 
of blue lias. This water contained much less sulphate 
of lime than the more superficial spring, and, accord- 
ing to Mr. Hume's analysis, of Long Acre, held in 
solution carbonate of magnesia, sulphate of magnesia, 
muriate of magnesia, and sulphate of soda. A com- 
parison of the analysis of this spring with those 
of Leamington and Cheltenham shews, that there 
is not a very great difference between the three ; and 
as a consequence, since the analysis of the Evesham 
springs by Phillips and Hume, a pump-room and 
baths have been erected at Hampton, and several 
persons in the neighbourhood have taken these waters 
as a saline aperient, with good effect ; though it does 
not seem likely at present that they will be resorted 
to by distant invalids. 
In a wood, in the township of Cradley, near the 
town of Dudley, arises a spring of salt water ; this 
is described by Dr. Plott, in his History of Stafford- 
shire. " In Pensnett Chase, south of Dudley about a 
mile and half, is a weak brine, belonging to the 
Rt. Hon. Edward, Lord Ward, of which his lordship 
once attempted to make salt, but the brine proving 
too weak, he thought fit to desist, although possibly 
it might have been advanced to profit, by the art of 
