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On the other Side of the River, at the Foot of 
the Mountain, are a good many Houfes, and a broad 
Street } crofs under which the Stream runs, and in 
the Winter no Snow lies on the Place where it pafies. 
Some Rooms in a Houfe built here are always warm 
like a Bagnio, and in one of the Cellars may be heard 
the Noife of the Water running under Ground. Along 
this Side of the River arc feveral hot Springs, which 
differ in Quality from one another, as well as from 
the Water of the Sprondle. The Principal of thefe 
is called the Mill-Fountain (from its being near a 
Mill) which is much ufcd, and reckoned milder than 
the Sproudle. It is not near fo faturated with the 
limy Matter, and forms fcarce any Tophus. 
Thefe Springs either have different Origins, or 
elfe the great Stream divides in the Body of the 
Mountain into feveral Branches ; which, according to 
the Nature of the Paffages they run through, or 
from the different Thicknefs of their Columns, and 
the Velocity they move in, are impregnated with 
different Matter, and when cold precipitate more or 
lefsCalx; but their Salts are the fame, nor is there 
much Difference in the Quantity they yield. The 
Sprondle is fo full of the ftony Matter, that any 
thing laid into it is covered over with a thick To- 
phus in a few Days. When the Water is taken up, 
and let Band a little in the Air, it incrufts the Vef- 
fels that contain it, and its Surface is covered with 
a Scale, like Lime-water, which is made Ufe of as 
a Dentifrice. 
I don’t propofe to inform you of the medical Vir- 
tues of thefe Waters, nor to enter into phyfical Ac- 
counts of their Origin : 1 have only in view to fa- 
tisfy you about the Formation of the Specimens I 
fend you. 
