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 Rh and rather pleasant tonic. But from the rapidity with which the iron on exposure becomes converted into the peroxide, it requires to be drank upon the spot, or in a very short period after it has been taken from the spring. I need not remark, that in all the earlier stages of tuberculous cachexia, of scrofula, and chlorosis, and in the various forms of functional debility without fever, the results of acute disease, this mild chalybeate, in conjunction with pure air, and the constant use of a pure water, has been very frequently a powerful agent in the restoration of health. A great many persons have received benefit from it, even when unable to bear a stronger water of the same kind—as the Tunbridge wells, and others.

The village of Great Malvern, which has long been celebrated for the beauty of its scenery, the healthiness of its situation, and the purity of its air and water, is situated in a kind of recess formed between two of the highest points in the chain of hills. The Worcestershire Beacon, the most elevated, is above, and to the south-west, of the village; the north hill, another high and prominent point, is on the north-west. The houses are, for the most part, detached from each other, and interspersed with shrubs and trees, giving them a rural and picturesque character, in keeping with the natural beauties around. The views are every where extremely beautiful, and the hills above are intersected in every direction by walks or pathways of easy ascent, much frequented, during the summer, by pedestrians, and invalids on donkeys, enjoying the