. The travellers' own book, to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, and Canada ... a complete guide for the valetudinarian and for the tourist ... of saline matter andof carbonic acid gas, is not so great as others that havebeen spoken of; and in some cases of disease this wateris more useful than in those that require more powerfulremedies. The Monroe Springs. — A few rods farther, on asmall plat of ground of less than an acre, are three perhaps constitute as singular an assemblage ofSprings as was ever found together within so small acompass. One is chalybeate, being very strongly
. The travellers' own book, to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, and Canada ... a complete guide for the valetudinarian and for the tourist ... of saline matter andof carbonic acid gas, is not so great as others that havebeen spoken of; and in some cases of disease this wateris more useful than in those that require more powerfulremedies. The Monroe Springs. — A few rods farther, on asmall plat of ground of less than an acre, are three perhaps constitute as singular an assemblage ofSprings as was ever found together within so small acompass. One is chalybeate, being very strongly impreg-nated with iron. One is sulphurous; the only sulphur Spring introducedto the notice of visitors at the village of Saratoga. The other is a fine sparkling acididous water, pungent,and of agreeable flavor. It has received favor as an anti-dyspeptic drink; it sits easier on the stomach, and takenin moderate quantities, is not attended with any disagree-able sensation of heaviness and cold. The American Bath House at these Springe, affords allthe necessary cpnveniences to visitors, JAUNT TO SARATOGA SPRINGS. 59 Higli Rock i^ HIGH ROCK SPRING Thou stream,Whose source is inaccessibly profound,AVhiih^r do thy mysterious waters tend ? Thou inia^st my Still a short space farther north is the High RockSpring. This is the most ancient of all the Springs,and was well known to the aborigines of the country forits curative powers. It was held by them in great esti-mation, and was by them pointed out to the white it nature has formed a curb of rock; all the othersare secured by artificial means. This isolated rock is about three feet high, and aboutnine feet in diameter at its base, diminishing in widthtowards the top; the waters within rise about a foot abovethe surface of the earth, boiling and gurgling. They areseen from above through a circular opening of about eightinches in diameter, but disappearing through some unseensubterranean passage. This is one
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