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Title: The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ...
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Northeastern University, Snell Library

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es north from San Fran-cisco. Their waters are much used, both fordiinking and bathing, with good repute for cura-tive results. What are called mud baths aretaken at Calistoga and Paso Robles, and manyother places. There is nothing so muddy aboutthem as one w^uld fancy from the name, excej^tat Paso Robles. They are simply baths takenin the spring itself just as it bubbles out of theground, holding all its peculiar virtues unim-paired. At Paso Robles the mud baths are aliteral plunging in thick nuul. The waters ofthese springs, and of many others, must be usedwhile retaining their original heat, and cannotbe bottled to any purpose. The San Jose WarmSprings are only two hours from the city, but arenot open to tourists. There are three noted springs which are re-sorted to by health and pleasure seekers, whosewaters are bottled in large quantities. Theseare the Napa Soda Springs, near Napa, and tliePacific Congress Springs, in the Coast Range, 10miles from Santa Clara. They have been long
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wmm ^^€£Fi€ T@w§tmw. 273 known, and are very freely used on this coast,especially during the summer months. Theyare bottled by machinery, so as to carry theirnatural volume of gas, and are highly recom-mended by the medical faculty. The last namedis on account of its natural attractions and itsaccessibility, being only 4 hours ride from SanFrancisco, a very favorite summer retreat fromthe city. The water is said to resemble veryclosely that of the far-famed Saratoga Springs,after which it is named, and contains a largerproportion of mineral contents than either of theothers. The last of these, not yet named, is thatof the Litton Seltzer Springs, near Healdsburg,not long introduced to the public, but comingfast into favor, and claimed, not only to equal,but even excel the far-famed Congress water. The analysis of these waters gives the follow-ins: results : XAPA SODA. Bicarbonate Soda,Carbonate Magnesia,Carbonate Lime, . .Chloride Sodium, . .Sub-Carbon Iron, . .Sulphate Soda, . .

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