Watering-place Insipidities.-The Tank.-Warm Baths. -St. John's Day.-Ceremonies of the "Holy Ghost."- CHAPTER XVL And Medical Properties, of the Hot Baths and Cold Springs in the Valley of the Furnas; with Observations on the Diseases for the Remedy of which they are suitable. 345 A WINTER IN THE AZORES. CHAPTER I. We scaled A steep ascent: and reached a dreary plain A lowly vale, and yet uplifted high So placed to be shut out from all the world. THE EXCURSION. Visit to the Caldeira at Fayal.—Appearance of the mountain. -First view of the Caldeira. -Field flowers.-Scarcity of wood.-Opal.-Deficiency of water; its causes, and the remedy. - Island of Ascension. FAYAL, MAY 14. As the morning was promising and the mountain clear of clouds, we VOL. II. B |