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Pitkeathly, fituaf°d -bout fix miles from the town of 
Perth, is the one in raoft efteem, and the moft fie- 
quentedl 
• As no particular treatife has been publifhed on 
thefe waters,- and I wifhed to know their particular 
nature and contents, I wrote to his Grace the Duke 
of Athol, whofe feat of Dunkeld is within 14 or 
15 miles of the wells, and begged the favour of 
him, to afk fome of the phyfical people in the 
neighbourhood to examine thefe waters, and to fend 
me an account of them ; and in confequence there- 
of, his Grace was fo obliging as to fend me a letter 
from Dr. Wood, of Perth, giving the following de- 
fcription of them ; and afterwards fix bottles of the 
water, which arrived in Ipring 1771. 
“ The fpring rifes in a very low marfhy ground, 
<c undiftinguifhable from any other; but, bythetafte 
“ of its water, it is generally believed to contain 
“ no mineral principle, but a ftnall proportion of 
“ marine falts. It acquires fomewhat of a putrid 
“ tafie by keeping, but retains its purging quality; 
“ and it keeps much better in open, than in corked 
S( bottles. 
“ It purges gently, and without griping. An 
*■* adult perfon drinks commonly a bottle and a half, 
<c or two bottles, of a mcrning. 
“ In fcrophulous and fcorbutic habits, it is cer- 
“ tainly a moft ufeful water. 
“ A new fpring has been lately difcovered about 
“ two or three hundred yards from the old one, 
“ but its waters feem to be much of the fame 
ec ftrength and quality as the former.” 
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