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mile to the south of the to\vn. '' Thermas Tihe- chap. 
riadis quis ignoratf*^^ They were visited by 
Egmont and Heyman ; but the water has never 
been accurately analyzed. Hasselquist states, 
tliat he remained long enough for this purpose*, 
but he has given no account of its chemical 
constituents. Pococke indeed brought a bottle 
of it away, having observed a red sediment 
upon the stones about the place. lie affirms®, 
that it contained " gross fixed vitriol, some alum, 
and a mineral salt." A traveller of the name of 
Monconys, cited by Reland', relates, that the 
water is extremely hot, having a taste of sidphur 
mixed with nitre. Egmont and Heyman describe 
its quality as resembling that of the springs at 
Aix la Chapelle^. They bathed here, and found 
are thus mentioned by Pliny : " Ab occidente Tiberiade, aquis calidis 
salubri." (Hist. Nat. lib. v. c. 15.) Josephus also mentions them, 
and their situation with regard to the city : Qi^fiet ebx a^rahv imrrtt h 
Kuur), 'Af^fionu; ovofia. avT?,. T/iermcE non longe (ab urbe Tiberiadis) 
absunt, in vico, ^^rrnnaus dicto." (Josephus, Autiq. lib. xviii. c. 3. 
The Arabian word for baths, Chammam, or Hammain, is not very 
different from the Htbreiv ; and by this name the Baths of Tiberius are 
now called. 
(4) Relandi Pal<sstitia Illnstr. torn. II. lib. iii. p. 103.0. Trnj. 
Bat. 1714. 
(5) Travels to the East, p. 157. Lo7td. 11 G6. 
(6) Description of the £■«.$/, vol.11, parti, p. 6.9. Z/o«f/. 1745. 
(7) Palmt. rjust. torn. II. lib. iii. p. 1040. Traj. Bat. 1714. 
(8) Travels through Part of Etirope, Asia Minor, &c, vol. II. p. 33. 
iMd. 1759. 
