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Show [ li4 ~ 136 and hard lives, arc fowl of finding so~e fancied resemblance to the luxu. rit'S they rarely have the fortu~e to e.nJOY. . . . A\thoncrh somewhat uisappotnteUlll the cxpectatlO~lS W~lCh VlrlOUS de. scriptious llad Jed me to form of unnsnal ~eauty of sttuatwn aud scenery, I fonnd it altogether a place of very ~rea.t mterest; and a t~·a veller for the fir t time in a volcanic region rcma111s 111 a constant excttcrncnt, and at every step is arrested by somethiug remarkable .and uew. There is a con. fusion of interesting ob.;ects gathered •.ogether 111 a smnll space. Around the place of encampment th~ Beer spnngs \VCrc nnm.ero~ls; but, as far as we could asccrtaiu, were entuely confined to that locality 1n the bottom. In the bed of the river, in front, for a space of several hundred yards, ther were very abuwlant ; the e.lfenrcscing gas rising n p anll agitating the watel' m countless bubblina columns. In the viciuity round about were numerous spriu()'s of an cntircl y different and equally marked rnineral character. In a r~\ther pictun•sqne spot, about 1 ,300 yards below out· encatnpment, and immediately on the river bank, is the most remarkable spring of the ·place, In an opening on the rock, a white colnm11 of scattered water is thrown np, in form like aJet-cl'eau, to a variable height of abont three feet, and, though it is tnaintaillcd in a constant supply, its greatest height is attained only at regular intervals, according to the acfion of tho force below. It is accompanied by a :::;ubterraneau noise, which, together with the motion of the water, make~ very n1uch the impression of a stoam boat in motion ; and, without kuowing that it had been already previously so called, we gave to it the name of the Steamboat sprinK· Thu rock throu~h which it is Jorced is slightly raised in a convex manner, and gathered at the opening i11to an urn·moutlted fgrm, and is evidently formed by continued deposition from the water, and colored bright red by oxide of iron. An analysis of this deposited rock, which I subjoin, will give yon son1e idea of the properties of the wator, which, with the exception of the Deer spring~, i~; the mineral water of the place.* It is a hot spring, and the water has a pungent and disagreeable metallic taste, leaving a burning ell'ect on the tougue. \Vithin perhaps two yards of the Jet-d' eau is a stnallllolc of about au inch in diam~ ter, through which, at regular intervals; escapes a blast of hot air with a light wr~ath of smoke, accompanied by a regnlar noise. This hole ~ad been notiCed . by Doctor \Vislizenus, a creutletnan who several years since passe~ by thts place, and who romarkeu, with very nice observation, tl~al sr:nelhna the gas which issued from the orifice proclnced a sensation of gtd· dmess aud naus?a· Mr: P~euss and myself repeatecl the observation, and wer~ so well sut1sfi?d wtth 1ts correctness, that w did uot find it pleasant to contmue ~he expenmeut, as .the sensation of gitldiness whicll it produced was certamly strong and dec1decl. A hn()'e emirrraut waaon with a large d d. 'fi d . b ::, b ' an I verst c family, had overtaken us and halted to noon at our encamp· ment; and, while we were sitting at the spring, a band of boys aud girls. • A~ \L \'RJS . Carbonate of lime 92.55 Carbonate of ma'7ncsia 0.42 Oxide of iron ~ 1.05 Silica ~ Alumina 5.98 !\' ater aud loss -- 100.00 • I s,.,.a~· , On t> Mrlt- fu " " ''"''' |