BUXTON WATER. 
for a great length of time, even in hot climates, is a 
valuable water for long voyages, and is accordingly ex- 
ported in considerable quantities to distant parts. 
The season of general resort to Clifton and the hot- 
wells is from about the middle of April to the end of 
October. 
282. MA TLOCK WA TER is a simple warm water, which, 
in its sensible properties, exclusive of its temperature, which is 
only about 66 of Fahrenheit, is scarcely different from good 
spring water. It is beautifully clear, and exhales no steam, 
except in very cold weather. 
The medicinal virtues of this water have chiefly been 
ascribed to its temperature. Its supply is very copious, 
and from several different sources. Though recom- 
mended in some internal complaints, it is principally 
employed as a bath ; and, in this respect, it forms a me- 
dium betwixt the waters of Bath or Buxton and those 
of the generality of cold baths. 
Matlock, which is a beautifully romantic village, 
situated in a hilly part of Derbyshire, and at the dis- 
tance of 143 miles north of London, was first brought 
into public notice about the year 1698, shortly after 
which period the first bath was erected. It is chiefly 
frequented from the month of May to that of October ; 
or, if the weather continue fine, till near the beginning 
of November. 
283. BUXTON WATER is a simple warm water, which 
contains so little foreign matter, as scarcely to be distinguish" 
able from common spring wafer heated to the same temperature. 
It has neither smelt nor taste ; and, though it sparkles a little 
in the glass, when first drawn, this is not apparently more than 
what is observable in the water of many common springs. 
Its temperature, in the bath called the Gentleman's bath, is 
invariably 82. 
Buxton has been celebrated, for its warm springs, 
nearly two centuries and a half. As early as the year 
1572 a treatise on their virtues was published : this 
states them to have been at that time much resorted to 
