eight; twenty-five leagues from Paris, and nine from Rouen.

Its mineral waters, which have their source in the pleasant valley of
Bray, were celebrated as far back as the time of Louis 13th who with
the cardinal Richelieu, derived signal benefit from their use.

There are three springs called the _Reinette_, the _Royale_, and the
_Cardinale_.

M. Robert who analyzed these waters demonstrates that they contain in
different proportions, according to their source, Carbonic Acid,
Carbonate of Lime, Carbonate of Iron, Muriate of Soda, Sulphate of Lime,
Muriate of Magnesia, Sulphate of Magnesia, and Silex.

The waters are under the superintendance of a physician. They are an
excellent tonic, and administered in leucorrhoea, dropsy, engorgements
of the abdominal organs, paralysis, and sterility.

We think this water might be prescribed with much advantage in all cases
of pure debility, unattended with fever or local inflammation; and in
leucoplegmatic constitutions; the pallid female affected with complaints
peculiar to her sex, may reasonably anticipate the glow of health, and a
return of bodily strength to result from a proper course of these
waters.

General preference is given to the _Reinette_ spring, but when it is
desired to produce a more powerful effect upon the system, as in
paralysis, the _Cardinale_ is recommended, and which must be commenced
with by taking one glass only. The season for taking these waters is
from July to the middle of September.

SULPHUREOUS WATERS,

LA ROCHE-POSAY.

These mineral waters are situated in the department of the Vienne, five
leagues from Chatellerault, nine from Poitiers and sixty-six from Paris.

The springs of which there are three rise at the foot of a small
mountain, about a quarter of a league from the town.

The accommodations for visitors are of a superior description, the
surrounding country exceedingly picturesque, and the air salubrious.

According to the analysis of M. le docteur Josle, the waters contain a
large proportion of sulphureted Hydrogen gas, Sulphate of Lime,
Carbonate of Lime, Muriate of Soda, and Carbonate of Magnesia.

They are recommended for their utility in rheumatism, scrofula, chronic
affections of the abdominal viscera, leucorrhoea, chlorosis, but more
particularly in diseases of the skin.

Dr Johnson observes that the French and Germans are universally
imbued with the doctrine that the repression of a certain malady which
has