THE BATHING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS.

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places, which are generally occupied at tlie same time. There are also single divisions or closets, perfcctly secluded from tbe rest, where only one person at a time can bathe.

In all these baths tbe bottom is naturally covered with about sixteen inches of very fine clean sand, spread over the rocks, and through it tbe numberless little springs which exist in tbe adjacent rock, pour out their tribute without ceasing. A slight vapour is seen constantly to hover over the surfacc; but the utmosphere of the batbing-room is clear and elastic, as the cxccss of steam from the water passes off through proper openings in the roof.

The utmost cleauliness pcrvades these baths, which are in this respect much superior to many of the warm mineral baths of Germany. By means of sluices and waste-pipes, the water of all the chambers is emptied and renewcd every time the bath has beeil used. This Operation naturally shifts the upper Stratum of the bed of sand, which is thereby purified, besides that the inferior stratum of the sand is turned up by the bath people. As nearly four- teen cubic feet of warm water flow in a minute into the baths from the principal spring — besides what is supp- lied by the minor ones — the frequent changes thus made are matter of no difficulty. Indeed, the water in the bath is never the same for five minutes together; for as the influx of it from the natural sources is incessant, and the superfluous quantity as it riscs above a fixed mark, is as incessantly conveyed out of the basin by the waste-pipes— a never ending change takes place in the Contents of each bath. The luxury of such an arrangement can be appreciated by all, but by none so well as by those who have had the good fortune to partake of it. The distribution of the bath- rooms is as follows:

1) The Princes balh (Fürslenbad ), with an area of 218