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Upon pouring on a Solution of Mercury Sublimate, lie perceived 
at firft no change ; butfoonafe' there appeal’d on the Surface a 
imall Film of the Beautiful Colour of a Peacock’s Feather. Aifo. 
Oylof Tartar per caus’d no fudden Alteration, fave on- 
ly that fome Hours ^ter a finall circular white Cloud fubfided, the 
Li(]uor remaining diaphanous. In like manner Tartamm tturtari' 
zamm Ludoyict produced a certain Whitenefs. As for the Red Co- 
lour it receiv’d from the Tindture of Red Rofes it foon difappear’d, 
the Water recovering itsclearnefs. Thefe are but fmaii Changes, 
and common enough in other Spring Waters, as well cold as 
hot. 
4. By feveral repeated Experiments, he found it to be of the 
fameSpecifick Gravity with Rain Water,' whence he fuppofes it 
deftituce of heavier Bodies of what fort foe ver, or at lead; not fo 
far impregnated with fuch, as the Effeds' might be attributed 
thereunto. He found this Water when warm, lighter than the 
-cold by a Grain, in the Quantity of feven Drams, which he at- 
tributes to the rarify’d Air in the Pores. 
5. No Flowers are here fublimated, no Cremor fwimmingonthc 
Surface no adhering to the Walls or found in the Aquedudf, 
nor any Crocm precipitated. He infers hence, that this PEPPSll 
. BATH is more pure and refin’d than any other Waters, whether 
Fountain or Mineral, if together with this, their moderate Heat 
be confider’d, and the extraordinary refinednefs of the Particles 
compoling the Water, thefe Obvious Phanomena of their Healing 
and Prefervatory Faculty may be, he prefumes, without much dif- 
ficulty explain d 5 which Explanation,, tho’ new and curious, be- 
canfe fon?ewhat long. Heave to your perufal in his'own Words. 
As for the life and Vertues of thefe Waters, he fays., ’twould re- 
quire a particular Tra(ft •. and therefore he only Tranferibes the 
following brief Account of them out of Wagmrm. 
Thefe mojl celebrated and ivholejvme Waters (fays he) are an incx- 
hattflihie Treafure of Healthy becanfe by drinking them as well as 
bathing rn them, they remove the ObfirnHions of the Brain and Nerves, 
.afford great benefit to fuch as arc troubled with the Falling Sichnefs, 
Apoplexy, Headach, Decay of Ademory, Hearing or Sight ‘, the Fal~ 
fte, Cra'np^ Convitlfion, Stiffnefs of the Limbs, ObfiruSlions of the 
Liver, Spleen or Mefentcry, or Hypochondriac Melancholy. Tloey 
yield Xplief to the Goaty, and to thofe who are affixed with Tediom 
Agnes, or with bruis'd or broken Limbs and Malignant Ulcers ; with 
the Stone in the Reins or Kidney. They dry up Tetters, Cancers, Fi- 
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