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stbenefit of invalids, sealed up in stone bottles with the town seal.
The visitors are said to consume on an average 10,000 pints a
season, yet the supply is so abundant that it is continually running
over; this surplus is used to supply a large establishment of haths
fywhich belong to the town and are in a separate building. The
water, which bursts out from cracks in a rock at the bottom of the
well, is perfectly transparent and has a temperature of 8 degrees
éaumur; it is more strongly impregnated with iron than any
iijother spring known, and, though it contains a large proportion of
sisalts, the superabundance of carbonic acid renders it agreeable to
\drink. It isan admirable tonic, very good for nervous and bilious
mocomplaints. 2, The Géronstére, 2 m. S. of Spa, is beautifully
jisituated in the midst of a thick wood; the water of this spring
sghas a strong sulphureous smell; its temperature is 7 degrees 55
Réaumur. 3, The Sauveniére, 41 4/4 m. S. E. of Spa on the
‘oad to Malmedy, and 4, the Groesbeeck, close by it, are sur-
sofrounded by a plantation of trees. Near these, in the wood, is a
‘monument erected in 1841 by the late Queen of the Belgians in
‘1o4Commemoration of her mother, the Duchess of Orleans, having
rsgqbeen cured by the use of these waters in 1787; the original memor-
Hial erected by Louis Philippe and his brothers, the Dukes of Mont-
ja pensier and Beaujolais, in 1787, the inauguration of which is de-
cribed in Made de Genlis’ memoirs, was destroyed by the repub-
ssoillican soldiers in 1792. 5, The Tonnelets, (so called from the
sw waters having been at first collected in little barrels), in a meadow
cn 1) m. to the E. of the town; the water of these 2 springs contains
a more’nitre than the others and is very cold; consequently it is
(of Not so much drunk, but the baths attached to it are very popular.
7.016, The Watvroz, close to the Tonnelets, and 7, the Barisart,
(ithe waters of which contain a great deal of carbonic acid. The
Redoute, near the Pouhon, erected in 1769 and much improved
| silin 1844, is a handsome building jnclnding under one roof a café,
ye a splendid hall room, a theatre opened only occasionally, and
gambling rooms (nowhere tolerated in Belgium but here) where
rouge and noir, roulette, and such like games are continually
going on. A band plays here every evening, and there is a public
(sd) ball every Sat. during the season. Vauxhall! erected in 1770,
ie and the Maison Levoz are similar establishments, but not so
‘1c Much frequented.
_ | Amongst the celebrated persons who have resorted to Spa for
i si} the benefit of the waters are Augustinus, physician to Henry VII,
-) gi im 1348: Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers, in 1576; Margaret
io, of Valois, wife of Henry IV,in 1577; Alexander Farnese, Duke of
ti Parma, in 1391; Charles Il of England, Christina of Sweden,
rojo) Peter the Great in 1717, Gustavus III in 1780, Joseph Lin 1781, |