An Account of a Salt Spring, and Another Medicinal Spring, on the Banks of the RiverWeare, or Ware in the Bishoprick of Durham in a Letter to the Publisher, from theIngenious Mr. Hugh Todd Fellow of University College in Oxon, and Chaplain to the RightReverend Father in God ------ Lord Bishop of CarlileAuthor(s): Hugh ToddSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 14 (1684), pp. 726-729Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102086 .

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Wn arro>7lt ot 4 SaIt Spring, andanother Medicl- nal Sprng) oni te bXt Qf the River WeareX Or Warc in tlve B;JADoprist af Durham in a Letter to thD Publifller) trorzz tlveing,eniaMs Mr Hugh Todct Bellom oJ UrliVerfil ty cOllege invOxonf and Chap- lain to t/ve rzght Reverend Dather i7a God ------ Loral Bvhop of Cariile.

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wherl I was with you; that now, whell I am at Io great a diRallce from OSon) I cannot pafs by any oportunity of fcrving you,, in vifiting the Cario/ties of>lrterNatare (M7ith whicAl the Northern parts lJarham) andl Camberl,anrl efpecially) do abotlud) alzd in giving S70U an account of wllat) I judge, may bc worth your knowledge.

Wlletl I was at D jrAsm I was infornzed o&f a- extraor- dinary Salt-Sprinesr) atid another Mineral-SpritagX about a tnile) or a mile aold 11alf- out of Tosva. Upotl the firPc eafure titnt ellat 1 had) I went to rCC them; as I fowlld3 fome ofthe La>yerw elat came the Czrcait an(l many o- ther Gentlemen had dotle.

TheSalt-5prinX, Iyes) as I fatfl)aboutamite anc 1<alf outof TownX oo the Nortlll Eaft fde) at a place CtJtd

Ssit-rrater havgh rlear Bvtterby. It rifes in the miilTlle of

the Rivcrs bRevre or W6gre; arld is good to be n) and tv0ded, only in tile 5imzer time) w}Xcn the water is dif- claarg(l all) orA one fiele ofT tlze Cba,nnelv tor itl [Y/Ut when tllc ItiveXr is lligh it lootes tb Saltw) ia the fr>>ht Rreams) rO that they aro Iloe perceivable. tIhe sarater 0CS noL rife at orte or two or tllree pia<+es) but Ieews to bbble up eqt1ally itz a11 parts in the Channtl; Grtlle {pacfe of 4o yarals in lengtb, ancl about vo in breadtlz: for,

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[727] wllerever, in vlaat tS>p0t) yOU remove tlse Itones and faxltls yoli nlall perceive the water, prefently arifG alld fpriwg up. That, whicll I admired moft, is, tllat tlle la'teft of all the Springs, iSues out of tlle miildle ot a 0,oct. I {upo pofed that the brirsyneSs of its warers migllt t)!e cautett by tlle het of tlle 1SaeX coIltillElally beatitlg upOll them, a¢> tlley lay upOll tlle tQact; the Iartace of whicll was lllarli ieltly faltilh; and nvhicll, ill a Jfit day (as I was told) vrould beall colrered olrer Wirll a perfeASaltr But I was udeceivad in tllis conjcd:ture, by hasring a11 the water Iav d our ot -tlle place, wllere it lecln d to 0agnate; for imlllediatlyXout oftlle boelSr oftlle llockstllere bublulecl up water, as iIt as the former. As to the degrce of itDfalt nef) it was as lligh., as any brille call lzes and tho lout lit rle in quantity in comparifon of thefieJh tiver, yet of tilat force aS to give a bracki{hlleps to the J?reams, a IoO

yards below. Thofe that have lsoyled tbis Brirae. (I llzad not time to try the experiment my kIf,) fiy tllat it aS

fords a grear quanrity of Bsy Salt, not Io palatalule, yet as uteful as ordinary Salt is. It tinges all the itones Witll a ted cologr. The; origirlal of this Sprin<t,; CatlNOt be fetch d ally firther o then tlze toct? out of vNhicll it i-

fues £ fbrtlleSea,which is tlle great lCreafiwre of tSealt-rraj ter is at too great a diltanoce, ro difpellce any kreams to this rlace : beitlg 8 miles off; wl;ere neareflc.

()v1 tlae oa:her {ide of tlle7piver, tfhere islatelydifcoZ verwd a MedicincDl Spring, whicll is, tllis year nlllch fre quented, and may be of £grcXat benefit to thc CountryJ It was found out, by worktmen tllat dug in that place for goal Whentheywere X 2 fatllomand ahalE deep,they difco rerd tlliS freaRre of Natural Phyfct; whicll luay be as good to thc people) as wllat they foug;ht for; vllo Coal) be a Commodity very necelEary and beneficial to tlleSe Parts. The workmen thus failxng of their FSxpeationa

tryXd the Qctabout a IOO yards off; wllere they loPc S themX

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E 7a8 3 tllcnlfclvc>) mvcll abolt tlle Jalue tleptll; arld illRead of Con1) el i fc{ver el a Sprtng of c.xcellcllt clear Water) wlwicl i{ElfS tatit at rilc ll(le, svllicll tlleir Ialtralncllts made I tcTl yowl tXlis, tllat yoll lilay CcXllfirla yotir obfervati- onr (t tllc lllally eliffUrezlt apartlrlents tlacre are ill tllc Earell; a<d svt11 wlaat eliffcrcIlt fl7e/Wre tllcy arc fbr- iffl cit I cxin (ay no Jrlorc; X will ollly }romife svilae I witl lay

a tiotilczr ti llle; a 11 t1 Cez tl t t jle fi rft ()T?fo rttl l ity . I will giVC yOll all acCCalllat ot a Jnict l;r#7tion, (Inetltion d I)tat llot *ttlelerAtood l)y Mr. tamrMl,) Ma tlle ltovt itl BsrZ- (rtitl Ca,herlend 1 t11a11 tcll you fomerlwitlg too>of two vcry A#icHt MoUarAZeStsf lal etil i tlg C) t1ld irl ll Ot c tone/veRte) lul1t tllt y feern tar mre allcient. Alztl [llall as I aln able) givc yotl I;scrspts cf mally lloIllarl IlAfcriI - tlOllS) Wll iC41 at()tllld ill tllis Countrys

1Xl pillt of ot)ligatioll allel gratitude; I will feztl you rOl g0ZaX vrns wllicll I 11ad at l)zzrta?n. A r)iece of tlle >Salt tsck? wllerc tlle Strizag iffi d out, wllicll is of a dparklillgf;.lbftalle;c. Allcl if yowl will be at: tJlcCoItof farrzaze,, I will illeicaZ(z}r to Se;1al tlletStoves thatllave t1lc IxlJcrint())as 0L1 t31cln. XVIlerc I can 11atJc: t!actll > I {Iall IlOt ()1llir ally OpcBrttlllity tc) terarc *ollX aJld tll{: So- a2cty. I'ray let ll1e 1laVe wila£ Qelerics yol.l tlli)k fit to 1)e !'(ltiNfy%d :15; atl(t Jolnc t?hl¢5 tO dil*cdt lnyDs'J^qutfitx'on} by tEle fil It 0portMS?*ty ; tilat Wlletl I vi(it a11 tlle Icarts of t1zis C)t.try, wSli;'l vill t)_ nwiortly) I tnay bu tlle abler tv lvrve yoXs

I ]1ave male enqeliry) as to the tXoevzty of tlOSc that ItVC ^tl 240attltAIlOUS l>arts: alld fillc1) ly leIntt- o1l,t5at tlley czllt-live ally tllar l Ilavellearrt. (,{til S tllC

tS,">/t 5llt, t-IlslL l alzl {c) Ellllla1rpy) as IlOt t) l)d St)sC

to navke aily r*ric4t accoUllrX at)C;Z1t thAt Ai.alr. 1:11e fle.xt4938*Zass tation Wilt >:ive me oporttlllty to con- tt1lt tlIc t/Crcs ane1 Ctarb-3oot) allel Io Inake nat

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As I Travell d onrcr St.. >Zeonon?e itl XorkfAire, I otferv el tI1e lliver Grcstgz/3,, (a lvivelv atr}vtt lw.1lt ;)s 1-):g av t/24R4 ?lcll at 0wxfortl) rutl 1lat1er grotalll;t t(s* lbollv a !\IIICJ {() tllat 8ve palEedovcrit, dry"fo)rc *1r11(-6-6.<iEtlgclliKl< >lowllle s but llarrezw; W) vllAt ill V{iLltCle sVlldllEllC 1trCalllSArd lligh, it k>cps thc Clisilillel above grouxltl.

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