MOFFAT WATER. 
the county of York, near the town of Knaresborough, 
and about 212 miles north of London. 
300. MOFFAT WATER is a cold sulphureous water, the 
smell of which is precisely similar to that of Harrow $ate water 9 
and the taste simply saline, and without any bitterness. 
Its foreign contents are common salty together with carbonic 
acid gas, azotic gas, and sulphur eted hydrogen gas. It is con- 
sequently very simple in its composition. 
Moffat is a village situated, at the head of a valley, on 
the banks of the river Annan, and about fifty-six miles 
south-west of Edinburgh. It is surrounded by hills, 
some of which are very lofty. This village has ob- 
tained so much celebrity, on account of its waters, as 
to be considered the Harrowgate of North Britain. 
These issue from a rock which is at a little distance 
below a bog, whence, probably, they derive their sul- 
phureous ingredients. The principal spring is con- 
tained within a stone building, and affords a sufficient 
quantity of water to supply every demand. It is drawn 
by a pump. 
When the water is first taken from the well it ap- 
pears somewhat milky and bluish. It sparkles a little ; 
but, on being exposed to the air, it becomes turbid, 
and throws up a thin film, which, on examination, will 
be found pure sulphur. This change takes place even 
in close vessels, so that it cannot be sent to any dis- 
tance with advantage. 
The common people so much esteem this water that 
many of them (kink at the rate of from six to ten 
quarts of it in a morning, and one instance has been 
stated of a person drinking thirty-two quarts of it in 
eight hours. 
