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Rivulets of a lukc- warm Water, that pour themfelves 
into the below. Some of this Water, being 
colle( 5 led in a Refervoir, on account of its agreeable 
Warmth, hath of late Years been much ufed for bathe- 
ing, and is called Matlock Bath, Now for about the 
Compafs of 500 or 600 Yards, near to where this 
Water gufhes out, the Stone appears of a very dif- 
ferent Texture and Complexion 5 and proves, upon 
Examination, to be a perfect Incruftation, formed 
upon the original Rock j compofing a faditious Stone, 
of Earth, Vegetables, of various Kinds, fuch as 
ufually grow in rocky Places, as Polypody, Trico- 
manes, and other Species of the capillary Tribe,, 
Moffes, Brambles, Ivy, Hazle, ^c. There are 
feveral large Grotto's at about 1 5 Foot above the Level 
of the River, lined moft curioufly with the Stala^ita, 
Lapides Stillatitii, &c. Some of them nearly re- 
femble large Bunches of Grapes, and other Clufters 
of Fruit, very beautiful to look upon. Specimens of 
moft of them I think I have fent. 1 found upoa 
Examination, that the farther you penetrate into this 
Mountain, the clofer and more compact the Stone 
appears ; the Interftices in the petrified Matter being 
at the Depth of 15 or 16 Foot, almoft filled up, and 
nearly as folid as theLime-ftone, of which the original 
Rock is compofed ; and even within four or five Foot 
of the Surface, though very open and porous j yet is 
it fo hard as to be ufed in the Building about the 
Bath; and I imagine it may be equally durable, 
though eafier to work with the Saw, than the clofc 
Lime-ftone. 
The Mountain in feveral Places jets out almoft over 
the Brink of the River 5 under thefe Protuberances 
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