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this deposit are annually sent from this town, the average price of which 
is fourteen cents a bushel, making a total of fourteen thousand dollars. 
Onondaga Springs. — The sulphuretted springs of Onondaga county 
are more numerous than those of Madison, or at least a greater number 
have already been made known. 
About a mile from Manlius Square are three springs very near to each 
other, all of which are feebly charged with sulphuretted hydrogen. 
They have also a slightly saline taste, and have acquired some reputa- 
tion in the vicinity. 
It is remarked by Prof. Eaton, that the most interesting locality of 
sulphur water which has fallen under his notice, is what has been named 
Lake Sodom, about twenty rods south of the Erie canal, two miles east 
of Manlius Centre. The bottom is grass green ferriferous slate, the 
sides white shell marl, and the brim is black vegetable mould. The 
water is perfectly limpid. The whole appears to the eye to be a rich 
porcelain bowl, filled with limpid nectar, but to the taste it is the true 
Harrowgate water, and readily convinces the visiter of the correctness 
of the name.* 
Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is evolved in great quantites in the imme- 
diate vicinity of the salt springs at Salina and Syracuse. On the grounds 
of Mr. E. F. Wallace, of Syracuse, there rises out of the earth in the 
bed of a small ravine, water strongly charged wi^h this gas, and con- 
taining also some carbonic acid, together with a large proportion of sa- 
line matters. This spring is situated about forty rods from the Syracuse 
brine well. Its water is perfectly transparent, blackens salts of lead, 
but has scarcely more than a trace of iron. 
Analysis of the Wallace Sulphur spring. Specific gravity, 1 .01426. 
Composition in one pint. 
Carbonate of lime, with, minute portions of oxide of 
iron and silica, 1 . 74 grains. 
Sulphate of lime, 7.97 « 
Chlorides of calcium and magnesium, 1.07 " 
Chloride of sodium, 122.86 « 
133.64 " 
Gaseous substances, sulphuretted hydrogen and carbonic acid. 
* Silliman s Journal, XV. 235. 
