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Dr. Morse. Dr. Hunter and Mr. Dunba* i Louisiana in the autumn of 1803, and beginning of 1804. Ac- cording to him the country abounds in salt springs, some of which are of equal strength with the water of the ocean. He visited the famous medicinal or hot springs of Ouachitta, and found them a- mongst the greatest natural curiosities in the coun- try. They issue from a hill, or mountain, of up- wards of 200 feet in height, and near 100 from its base ; and on immersing the thermometer, it rose in... some to 130, and, in others, to 150 degrees, Fah- renheit ; the surface of the ground, for some dis- tance round, is so warm, as to be felt by the feet in passing over it, and snow melts on it immediately as it falls. The doctor is of opinion, that they pos- sess extraordinary medicinal virtues. Dr. Morse. A few miles distant from Long lake, (Florida) is a vast fountain of hot mineral water, which issues from a high ridge on the river St. Juans, in a great cove, or bay, a few miles above the mouth of the creek, which you ascend from the lake.
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