. The mineral springs of the United States and Canada, with analyses and notes on the prominent spas of Europe, and a list of sea-side resorts. s to form a curb. Under the logswere boughs of trees, resting on the black soil of a previousswamp. Undoubtedly, some ancient visitors of the spring hadthrown brushwood over the swamp-ground at the orifice, andplaced the logs around it. Below the rocks, the workmen fol-lowed the spring through four feet of tufa and muck ; next, alayer of solid tufa, two feet thick, then one foot of muck, inwhich another log was found. Below this, three feet of tufaagai
. The mineral springs of the United States and Canada, with analyses and notes on the prominent spas of Europe, and a list of sea-side resorts. s to form a curb. Under the logswere boughs of trees, resting on the black soil of a previousswamp. Undoubtedly, some ancient visitors of the spring hadthrown brushwood over the swamp-ground at the orifice, andplaced the logs around it. Below the rocks, the workmen fol-lowed the spring through four feet of tufa and muck ; next, alayer of solid tufa, two feet thick, then one foot of muck, inwhich another log was found. Below this, three feet of tufaagain; and there, seventeen feet below the apex of the rock,they found the embers of an ancient fire. By whom, andwhen, was the fire built ? 172 MINERAL SPRINGS. Dimensions of High Rock. Circumference at the surface of the ground .Heights of rock above-groundDiameter of aperture, four inches below the topFrom the top of the rock to the water within .Depth of spring from the top of the rockDepth of water in. the rock above the ground The accompanying section of High Rock conveys an ideaof the formation: Feet. Inches 24 4 3 6 0 12 2 2 10 0 1 4. *H V\K i
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