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The Saratoga springs in New York are ten miles north-east from Ballston. They contain the same ingredients as those of the latter place; and are much frequented by visitors from every part of the United States. The following analysis has been given of the Congress spring. In a wine gallon- gaseous contents: carbonic acid, 311 cubic inches; atmospheric air, 7. Solid contents: chloride of sodium, gr. 385; iodide of sodium, gr. 3.5; bicarbonate of soda, gr. 8.982; bicarbonate of magnesia, gr. 95.788; carbonate of lime, gr. 98.098; carbonate of iron, gr. 5.075; silica, gr. 1.5; bromide of potassium, a trace. Total, gr. 597.943. - Steel. The Walton or Iodine spring contains chloride of sodium, carbonate of magnesia, and iodide of sodium.