1859 The Book of one Hundred Beverages - BERNHARD (William) -

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AQUJIOUB BJIVBBAQB& I, pleasant. Rain water that baa .been in contaci with .lead, should on DO aecount be med for. drink. •. ...,...;.--" N. B. By adding monthly an ounce of Epsom salt.s to the cistern in which r&in water is collec– ted, an insoluble covering is formed on the lead which prevents its being dissolved. SNOW WATER Resembles rain water closely, but It contains no air, hence no fish can live in it ; it is a common but false opinion that its employment eauaes Derbyshire neck (broncbocele), arid other d.iserr– ses, but these occur where snow is neYer seen, : and do not affect the inhabitants of many coon- ·• tries who use snow water frequently. Captain Ross states that snow does not quench but bacreual .· · thirst, and that the natives of the Arctic region, . " prefer enduring the utmost extremity of this ' feeling rather than attempt to remove it by~,: ing snow ;" when melted it is • efli~ • ·· other kinds of water. . -: I : SPRING; WELL, AND PUMP WATERS. These kinds of water, which may all be refer-.· i red to the sa.me eource, are frequently dietin– guished by their extreme hardness ; this qua.l~ty, · ~ depends upon the presence of earth7 salts (chief- · ly sulphate and carbonate of lime), renders · them quite unfit for use in · tea.-making or cook– ing, and causes them to be injurious to persons sutfering from indigestion. The natural mstinct of the horse often leads him to reject t_he m