[37] "There are four principal springs rising immediately on the east bank of the creek, one of which may be rather said to spring out of the gravel bed of the river; a fifth, a smaller one than that above mentioned, as rising on the west side of the creek; and a sixth of the same magnitude, the most northerly, and rising near the bank of the creek; these are all the sources that merit the name of springs, near the huts; but there is a considerable one below, and all along at intervals the warm water oozes out, or drops from the bank into the creek, as appears from the condensed vapour floating along the margin of the creek, where the drippings occur." This extract from the "Observations" of Hunter and Dunbar, when compared with our account, will show that some changes have happened in the number and position of the springs, since the time of their visit in 1804.--JAMES. [38] See the New York Medical Repository.--JAMES. _Comment by Ed._ Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831), "the Nestor of American science," began the publication of the _New York Medical Repository_ in 1797. He was a member of the faculty of Columbia College from 1792 to 1801; later he was professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City (1808-26), and in Queen's College (1826-30). He served several terms in the New York legislature, and from 1801 to 1813 was in Congress, part of the time in the Senate. [39] On the 1st of January, 1818, the thermometer, in the air, at sunrise, stood at 24°, at 2 P.M. 49°, at sunset 41°. Immersed in the water of the creek, below the springs, at 61º. In spring No. 1. being the lowermost on the creek, 122°, water discharged, 4 gallons per minute. No. 2. A few feet from No. 1, 104°, discharges 1 gallon per minute. No. 3. Twenty-five yards from the last, 106°, discharges two gallons per minute. No. 4. Six yards above the last, 126°, discharges 2 gallons per minute. Temperature of a spring issuing from the ground, at a considerable distance up the side of the hill, 64°. Springs, No. 5, 6, and 7, 126°, 94°, 92°. These rise very near each other, the warmest being more elevated than the rest; the three discharge about 8 gallons per minute. No. 8. Issuing from the ground, fifty feet above the level of the creek, uniting, as it rises, with another at 54°; temperature of the mixture, 128°, discharge of the two, 10 gallons per minute. No. 9. Rising on the point of a small spur, sixty feet above the level of the creek, 132°, discharges two gallons per minute. No. 10. Forty feet above the creek, 151°, discharges 10 gallons per minute. Green bushes in the edge of this, which is the hottest spring. No. 11. Three feet above the creek, 148°, discharges 12 gallons per minute. No. 12. Twenty yards above the last, 132°, discharges 20 gallons per minute. No. 13, 14, 15. Near the last, 124°, 119°, 108°, discharges each 4 gallons per minute.