C. W. Hkatox, >m English, chemist, has Kiialyzed a sample >>i water from tho-'.irnous Hagar'd well, at Mecca— to which thousauds of JiohammerlMi pn»mn3 resort annually — arid, reports that the water is a most dangerous compound, containing an extraordinarily large proportion nf filth. Ths total amount ol colid matter found '.'in a gallon of it was oioro fchan'twanty-fiva lhuo\< ca great as that found m a iikc iiuaiiticy of. tha valor from tho Thames rivor.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 19, 20 December 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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