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the mofs of a bog where the ftrongeft and brilkeft of thefe fuf- 
phur fprings rife, and gathered half an hogfhead of water at 
a time for the ufe of the poor ; but when he laded this he 
almoft dried the three fulphur wells at the village, whence it is 
evident, that all have the' fame origin and communicate with 
one another.” By converfmg with fome of the oldeft and 
moft intelligent people at Harrogate, I could not find that they 
entertained any opinion of the water at the bog having a commu- 
nication with that at the fpaw. This circumftance might eafily 
be afcertained ; and, if the fa£t fhould be contrary to what Do&or 
Short fuppofed, the wells at the bog ought to be covered from 
the weather as thole at the village are ; they would by this 
mean yield great plenty of water for the baths which are 
wanted by invalids, and which are often very fcantily fup- 
plied by the wells at Harrogate, notwithftanding the attention 
which is ufed in preferving the water which fprings at the 
four wells, by emptying them as often as they become full 
during both the day and night time. And indeed it is fur- 
prifing, that the well on the fide of the rivulet below the 
Half-Moon-Inn, which is fo well fituated for the purpofe, has 
never been inclofed for the furnifhing fulphureous water for 
the baths. The prefent mode of carrying the water in cafes 
to the feveral houfes where the perfons lodge who want to 
bathe in it, is very troublefome, and the water thereby lofes of 
its virtue. Some of the wells about the village, that for in- 
Itance which has been difcovered at the Half-Moon-Inn, the 
water of which, I believe, fprings from a different fourcefrom 
that which fupplies the four fulphur wells, fhould be either 
enlarged to a greater horizontal breadth, or funk to a greater 
depth, in order to try, by one or both of thefe ways, whether 
the quantity and ftrength of the water might not be increafed ; 
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