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about half a mile from the jighas house, to chap. 
the most distant of the several springs ; for, v . » .■ / 
in fact, there are many, bursting from different 
crevices, through a stratum o^ breccia or Pudding- 
stone, covered by a superincumbent layer of 
limestone. From the number of the springs, 
the Turks call the place Kirk Geuse, or ' Forty 
Eyes.'' We then asked the peasants if this 
were the hot spring, as it evidently was not 
the same which has been described by Mons\ 
Chevalier. They replied, that its greatest heat 
might be observed during winter, and therefore 
that it must be now hot'^. It was a shallow 
pool of water, formed by the united product 
of many small streams, issuing from several 
cavities in the rock we have mentioned. This, 
pool was quite overshadowed by some distant 
hills, behind which the sun was then setting ; 
it was therefore a proper time for ascertaining 
the temperature, both of the air and the water. 
A north wind had prevailed during the day, 
but the sky had been more than usually serene, 
and without a cloud : not a breath of air was 
then stirring. We first tried the water with 
our hands; it felt warm, and even the rock 
(3) Almost the only winter the T'MrA.s had in 1801, was during the 
month of March. The peasants believe the ?ieat to be greater at that 
season of the year, merely because the external air is colder. The 
temperature of the water is always the same. 
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