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338 A TOUR THROUGH
other purposes; but there is srill a more
remarkable one near Nicosia which is called
77fonte Canalotto. It is covered with a
thick scum of a kind of pitch, which
amongst the country people is estcemed a
sovereign remedy in rheumatic, and many
other complaints.
The water of a sinal 1 lake near Naso
is celebrated for dying black every thing
that is put into it; and this it is said to
perform without the mixture of any other
ingredient, although the water itself is
remarkably pure and transparent.
They have a variety of sulphureous
baths, like those near Naples, where the
patient is thrown into a profuse sweat,
only from the heat of the vapour. The
most celebrated are those of Sciaccia, and
on the mountain of St. Cologero; not in
the neighbourhood of iEtna, as I expected,
but
other purposes; but there is srill a more
remarkable one near Nicosia which is called
77fonte Canalotto. It is covered with a
thick scum of a kind of pitch, which
amongst the country people is estcemed a
sovereign remedy in rheumatic, and many
other complaints.
The water of a sinal 1 lake near Naso
is celebrated for dying black every thing
that is put into it; and this it is said to
perform without the mixture of any other
ingredient, although the water itself is
remarkably pure and transparent.
They have a variety of sulphureous
baths, like those near Naples, where the
patient is thrown into a profuse sweat,
only from the heat of the vapour. The
most celebrated are those of Sciaccia, and
on the mountain of St. Cologero; not in
the neighbourhood of iEtna, as I expected,
but