6o8 Mr. masson’s Account of 
with the faid diforder, were ufing the waters, and had re- 
ceived incredible benefit from them; in particular, an 
old gentleman, about fixty years of age, who had been 
tormented with that diforder more than twenty years, 
and often confined to his bed for fix months together: 
he had ufed thefe waters about three weeks, had quite 
recovered the ufe of his limbs, and walked about in the 
greateft fpirits imaginable. A friar alfo who had been 
troubled with the faid diforder about twelve years, and 
reduced to a cripple, by ufing them a fliort time was quite 
well, and went a hunting every day. There are many 
other inftances of the efficacy of thefe waters, which, 
for the fake of brevity, I muft here omit. 
There are feveral other hot fprings in the ifland, par- 
ticularly at Ribeira Grande ; but they do not poflefs the 
fame virtues, at leaft not in fo great a degree. 
The Eaft and Weft part of the ifland rifes into high 
mountains; but the middle is low, interfperfed with 
round conic hills, all of which have very recent marks 
of fire; all the parts below the furface confifting of 
melted lava laying very hollow. 
Moft of the mountains to the Weftward have their 
tops hollowed out like a punch-bowl, and contain water. 
Near the Weft end is an immenfe deep valley, like the 
Furnas, 
