The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-13

.S1tions tie fupstfca! earth penetrated, CT :ncru
ed, by lim.,lone, with ane ,ina, or minute frag-
merts Of iron ore ~ 81
They made the following rough Ultimate of the
quantity Of water delivered by the fpr;ngs There
are four principle fprius, two Of inferior note one
rifng ou the gravel, and anu ber of drippiugs 6,
DRAWINGS all i!iuing from the margin or from der
he rock which oysr'anss the creek. or the four
ira mentioned three deliver rearlY equal quantities
bu, No. the nioit oorGderab-. delivers about FIVE
times as much of the other three the two of
iaierior note may together. heeqla TO and all
he dropping, and fma fpriugs, probably
der-rated az double the quantity OF oUs Of the three
tina. altogether they III deliver quantity equal
'oe'eveatimeihe water fluirgfron the one n,c( COM
odiouily Gtuated f>r -ieaiurement. This fp-ng filled
vsiel of eleven quarts in eleven feoond; hence, the
whole quantity ~ hot water delivered from the
prings at the baf- ofthe hill, is les gall in MI
mute, or 3-7,} hog lheads in 81 hours, wnich is =.
qua! % handome brook, and might work over
hot mill In cool weather condetici vapour is feen
ri'ng out o. the gravel bed Of the creek from fprngs
which Cannot be taken into During the
er and fall the creek receives ,tle no but
what fupplied by the hot fpr;ug. az that eaon it
fell rs hot bath, too hot, indeed near the fprngs;
10 tina, psrfor may oheoie the temperature mca a
gree Ie IL h',felf, by felciinC nstura balm near
70, nr Farther from, the principle fpring At three
unpleafant 10 drhk
Or Hnnt,r, upon examining the waters Of the hot
iPr'ngs, obtained the following refrts:
II i:'ered nothing from the hot water in fnell or
tate bur cauled fight eruaaton hortly after drink
ing ic,
It's peeihc gravity equal 20 rain or drilled wa
ter
II gave TO 'itanus papcr, flight degree Of rednefs
ev'ne,ng the rretencs Of the earhon;c acid or fixed
tuO.,tTic and thrp,y C.,v
Giles. Oxylat Of annoniao caufed depofition and
White cloud. iEewing the prefence of fina portion
o'n'e Pru'atoi rota'h produced flight ard lcarcely
pereep'ibe tnge of blue, designating the prefcnee of
fmali quantity cf iron
Sixteen poerdS of water eylporatcd to drvueSs
e'f ten grains of grey powder, which proved TO be
lime.
The green fuhRance ,'ifcov-rable ?. the bo,,or of
the hot fPrines and ~hc! at fra fight has the ap
pearanee OF pluh, examination bv the n,icrnfcope
was found to he a vegetable prolu ,fon. a film of
green matter threads fclf on the ealcarious baf-
from WINCH rife h,res han hal an inch in eu,h
Tor ing b.au'ful ve1-tltion Before the n,ic7rC.
cope II tp1rkled with inuumrrablr noiulrs Of lime
tome part " which heanriruily cryaalized This
eirenmhanee might csnf- douf. of its being true
veprtAb's, hutits crsar rermbance r, fone Of the
m"iirs, particularly tine byfi AMI the dircoyery
when Mr. Dunbar mai- OF It's h.inC tie reGienc. OF
animal life, confirmed his belief in is ben, true
Tnis. After diiRen. f-arch, he difcovered a very
r'na;e theii I'M, o. the hivsive Kind, hahtng this
'nois: ITS saPe nearly that of the fre water mufcle
the colour Of the h.la grayih brown, with fpo;s of
Purphih colour. When the animal is undiaurbaa
IT opens the the, and thrufs out four leys very
transparent, and art;cuated ike thofe Of ouadr,,
ped; the exremities If the fore legs are very rerdr
and iharp, but thoie of the hind legs, for,ewha,
broader, apparently armed with minute toes from
rom me extremity Of each fhe, iaes three or four
torked hairs, which the animal fees TO poiIef, the
power OF moving; the fore legs probably formed
tor making ineidons into the mofs, for the purnor.
OF procuring acceis to the uces of the living pan.
upon which, no doubt, it feeds: it may he provided
with Probois although did not appear while the
animal was under examination the hind H. IS are
well adapted for PropeFrg in It's progrefs ever he
mofs, or through the water
One more ex,raa and we clofe the p,tnrbl.,
About two hundred leagues up the Arka,Ca is an
atereiting place called the Salt prairie; there il
coniferabIe fork of the river there, and 4 kind Of
iaVanna where the fat water i, continually oosne
out and ipTea1ng over The furfaoe of plain D-l
ring the dry hummer iea!on the falt may be rakpd I'D
m large heaps; natural crult OF hand breadth 10
thckneis is formed a, this resfon. This place is M.
o',en !requented' on account of the danger from the
O:age Indians; much lefs dare the vhfe hurtr-s
venture to aicend higher, where it is generally beev
ed that fver is 70 b. found Itis further fi;d ,h,
hRn mp the ArAan.a river flt is found in form 81
ioad rock and may Ne dug OFT with tie cro,. bar.
ne waters of the Arklrla Ink. rhof. of Rel river
are not potable during the Cry f.aCon, beno b,,5
ehargedh gl''y with redd;n earth or mould and
extremely brseh''h This inconvenience is not great
~ t-It upon the Sr';anla where f,rngs and brooi.
OF rem wa'er ara frequent; the Red river i- uier
food not TO be 70 highly favoured Every ACCOM-,
isems {" prove thai imneu(e natural magazine, Of
tslt muit exit in the great chain Of mountain, 10 tb
we.tward +; as lIlthe rivers in the funme- r,aron.
which flow from them, are fronsly ,n,pregna,,d
with that mineral, aud are only rendered rsatabe
after receiving the numerous firearms Of frel WAGER
which join them in their courfc"
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