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which it paffes, and which otljemife would, be exceed- The fpecific gravity of diftilled' water is to tha.t of Hoc 
'ingly barren, are enriched by it to a degree beyond ima- ley-green as. i to 1*0031. When the temperature of a 
gtoation. Then, as every clothier muft necefTarily keep neighbouring fpring, equally expofed- to the air, was 
one borfe, at leaft, to fetch home his wool and his pro- 48° of Fahrenheit, that of the Horley-gre'en fpa was 499.. 
v-iflons from the market, to carry his yarn to the fpin- This water is faid to bear a near refemblance to that of 
ners, his manufacture to the fulling-mill, and, when the Hartfell-fpa, near Moffat in Scotland, of which an 
finifhed, to the market to be fold ; fo every one gene- account is given by Dr. Horfeburgh, in the fir ft volume, 
rally keeps a cow or two for his family. By this means, of the Edinburgh Phyfical and Literary Eflays. . 
the fmall pieces of inclofed land about each houfe are From the contents of the Horley-green water, it is 
occupied ; and, by being thus fed, are ftill farther im- evident that it rpuft be ufeful as.a tonic. Dr. Garnett 
proved by their cattle. As for corn, they fCarcely fow observes, “ Since.-it contains two. fubftances which are 
enough to feqd their poultry. They feed very few oxen among!! themoft powerful of the cl-afs.of tonic remedies, 
or-fheep ; and, as this trad: is full of large manufacturing viz. vitriolated iron, and alum, we (hall expect to find this, 
towns on every fide, all employed in tire clothing trade, water very ufeful in difeafes depending upon debility, 
they muft necefTarily have their provifions from more where tbe.folids are relaxed, and the fyftem weakened, 
diltant parts. The confequence is plain: tlieir corn I.n the numerous. clafs of nervous diforders, it has been, 
comes tip in great quantities out of Lincolnfhire and fo,u.nd highly beneficial; particularly when the organs; 
Nottingham, and the Eaft Riding of Yoikfhire ; the of digeftioa do, not perform: their functions properly ; 
black cattle from thence, and from Lancafhire ; flieep fuch complaints are generally, attended with lofs of:ap- 
and mutton from the adjacenfcounties every way ; but- petite, naufea, vomiting, heart-burn, acid eruCtations, 
ter front the Eaft and North Ridings ; and-cheefe out of fpafmbdic pains in ,the ftQmacb and bowels, and do.ftive- 
Ghefhire and.Lancafhire. Hence the markets in this nefs. Thefe fyraptoms generally depend upon a debi¬ 
quarter are prodigioufly thronged, particularly :in the lity of the ftomacli and whole body ; and may have, 
months of September and October, that being the time, been brought on by, any thing that relaxes the fyftem ; 
when the clothiers buy up as many oxen as will ferve fuch ns intemperance, a fedentary life, and too dole 
their family for the whole year,-which they kill, fait, application to ft.udy. or bufinefs, cold, the too free ufe 
■ mid- hang up in the fmpke to dry. ' 
At a village called Sowerby, is a confiderable river, 
formed from the little rills mentioned above, and the 
.melted 1 fnows from Blackftone-edge ; over which is a 
of coffee, v tea, tobacco, and fpirituous liquors. Thefe 
cpnipkiints yield readily to, the Horley-green waterj- 
when drunk in a proper manner. Many fcrofulous cafes, 
have been very much relieved, and fome cured, by a, 
ftately. ftpne bridge of leveral arches : this river, which judicious ufe of this water. Some cafes-of, diabetes hav 
bears the name of the Calder, is navigable to Wakefield., bjeerijc.yred by it ; it is very,ufeful in hypochondriac and. 
South-eaft from Halifax is Kirklees, formerly a nunnery, hylteric cafes, and in feverafhead-achs which!ace of the- 
fituatedon the Calder: near which is. th c monunientof nerv.ous kind, or proceed from a difordered ftatepof the- 
the famous Robin. Hood ; and, upon the moor,, his ftomach. In fome dropfical and worm cafes, it has been 
J3utts, two little hills io called, about a quarter’of a productive pf furprifing effects, ..'and particularly in the, 
mile afunder. latter.” 11 is likewife recommended in the atunic gout; 
Such, it feems, has been the bounty pf nature, to. this in haemorrhages attended with great w.eaknefs; in fome. • 
diftriCt, that two thingseffential to life, and'more parti- copiumptive complaints.; and in cafes where the ftrength 
c'ularly to the btijjnels followed here, are found in it, has been reduced by long and tedious difeafes. 
and'in fuch a fituation as is not to be met with in apy HAL”FAX, a county in the eaftern part of Britifh 
part of England, if in the world, befides; we mpancoals, America, in the province of Nova Scotia. It contains- 
and funning'water,'.on the tops of the higheft: hills. We'Halifax, the capital; the townft.ips-of Londonderry, 
doubt not but there' are both Tprings and coals lower in Truro, Onflow, Colchefter, Lawrence, Southampton, 
thefe hills; but, were they to fetch coals thence, it is Canfo, and Tinmouth. The inhabitants are chiefly: 
probable the pits would be too full of water ; it is much Irifl), Scotch, and New-Englanders. I t has numerous 
ealier, however, to fetch them from the upper parts, bays and rivers; the chief of the latter are. Shabbenna- 
th.e horfes going light up, and coming down laden. This cadie, which is a boatable river, the Petitcodiac, Mem- 
place, then, feems fo have been defigned by Providence ramcook, &c. See Nova Scotia. 
forthe very purpofes to which it is allotted, for carry- HAL'IPAX, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, 
ing on a manufacture which can be fo ealily fupplied in the county of its name, fettled by a number of Britifh 
with the conveniencies neceffary for it. Nor is the'in- fubjeCts.in 1749. It is fituated on a fpacious and commo- 
dufiry of the people wanting to fecond thefe advantages; dious bay or harbour, called ChebuElo, of a bold and eafy 
all are employed, from the youngeft to the oldeft. Not entrance, where, a thoufand of tiie largeft fhips might 
a beggar is to be feen, nor an idle perfon, except hpre ride with great convenience and fafety. The town.is built 
and there in an alms-houfe, built for thole that are paft on th.e weft fide of the harboyr, on the.declivity of a corn- 
labour. The people in general live long; they enjoy a mantling hill, whole fummit is 236 feet perpendicular 
• gOddair; and, under fuch circumftances, hard labour from the .level of the fea. The town'is laid out into 
is generally attended with the blefling of health, if not obLong fquares ; the ftreets parallel and at right angles, 
of riches. From this acco.unt, it will be eafily imagined, The town and fuburbs are about two miles in length; 
that fome of thefe remote parts of the north a,re t,he,molt and the .general widthabout a quarter of a, mile'. It con- 
populous'places of Great Britain, the city-pf London tainpd, in 17.93 about 4000 inhabitants and 7O0 houfes. 
and its neighbourhood only excepted. At the, northern extremity of the town,, is the king’s.- 
At admail diftance from Halifax, is Horley-greep,. naval yard, .'Completely built tod fupplied with ftores 
much celebrated for a fpa, or fpring of chalybeate witter, of every kind fpr the royal navy. The harbour-of Ha- 
wliich fi&js been analyfed by Dr. Garnett. From his ex- lifax is reckoned inferior to no place in Britifh America 
perimen'fs, which appear to have been conducted with, for the feat; pf government, being open and acceflible at 
great accuracy, a wine gallon of Horley-green water all lea Ions of the yepc, when almoft all other harbours 
contains, dwts. gt\s, 
Of earth of iron, or ochre, - - - 1 o 
Vitriolated iron, or faTmartis, - 8 8r.8. 
Alum, - - - 2 9*2 
Vitriolated lime, or fe.lemte, - 1 13 
Deprilogiftica.ted; martial vitriol, - o 14 
Aerial acid, or fix.ed, air, - 18 cubic inches.. 
in.thefe provinces are locked up. with ice.; alfo.from its 
entr,anc,e,Situation, and its proximity.to the;haypf Fundy. 
apd principal interior fettlements of the province. .This 
city, lying-on t f he. fou,th coaft of Nova Scotja, has com- 
; munic-aition with PiCtou, fixty-eight. miles to the north- 
eaR op the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by a good road, finifhed 
in 17,92... it is twel,v.e miles northerly of Cape S.amlmo, < 
which 
