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long, however, as twenty minutes of it creates a feeling

of great lassitude. A gentleman who was recovering
from a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism, told
me that bathing there had completely taken all vestige
of it outof his bones. In addition to the hot spring,
there is a cold soda spring for drinking purposes, the
water of which is sparkling, sharp and effervescent as
that drawn from any druggist’s soda fountain, and I also
tasted another near the bank of the creek, which had
a flavor like the well-known Blue Lick water of Ken-
tucky.

_ The temperature of the hot springs is about 100
Fahrenheit, and the following is an analysis of the

water, giving the proportions to the gallon:

 

Carbonate of Soda ee ; ‘ : 30.80
Carbonate of Lime, . . . . . . (9.82
Carbonate of Magnesia, . : : 2.88
Carbonate of Iron. , . : - 4.02
Sulphate of Soda : . : 29.36
Sulphate of Magnesia, . : : . 18.42
Sulphate of Lime, : : ; . . 3.44
Chloride of Sodium, 5 ; . ; . 4.16
Chlorides of Calcium and Magnesium, of each a
trace, : F : : : :
Silicate of Soda, ; ; : . . 4.08
Grains, . : . . ; . 107.00

The location of the town is very beautiful, being in the
valley of Clear creek, which at this point is nearly half
a mile wide. Chicago and Soda creeks, tributaries of

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