ROTORUA HOT SPRINGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 15 January 1883, Page 2

ROTORUA HOT SPRINGS.

, ..... » i i ' } Ti ■ r • y v 5 ' Refereino . ...)joV{ apringa at i? 'ft ; po6lof opaque water, strongly.imprejgnate with various ninMk. .'it is inamed th(S ; "s'hi\e Sulphur :TliW gas that rises from; its surface is said to be similar to laughing; Painkiller" is the iame given to an . adjoining" pool, as & . bath credited with Unfortunately li kills as, well aq cii«B, and might; with equal ipropriety;;be termed the" Man ■ for'a fellow wKo'fwtipft'.nrtr brink of the boiliog pool ; to.adjust itM flow into the bath, slipped in j lie scrambled out, but the bank again gave way, and though heagain' dragged himpejf out and . ataggered;home ,'to tho iotel, when his under clothing.was; removed, his skin Mime with it, and he died in k ' few days. A. little further along, shore is a barren patch! of ground'con- . taining inumerable openings bubling up - -with water. Sulphur cups found ' ranging from, one to twelve iftch^B/in • diameter. ThVtismpetefeof thft water <• in -most of these.cvps is low, though it occasionally reaches the boiling point, r They bpiling; the eye , .cannoi.iistinguish.Ktbe hoLftm»the ■.cold; the,boiling ones mayhowever, be rapidly >detecj£ed by inserting finger The clips themselves are formed;of clay ; and'.Bulphur varying proportions, in some.cases.nearly, pure clay, others ,nearly pure stiljphuri by, ' are others called !' Cream t)ups," and . another the "Coffee Pot." The appearance of these liquids is certainly that '' of cream and. coffee; but the odors they , emit do not ? tempt yi|itors .to taste, i In .the; immediate wtighbdyrhood ol these sights. the Government has built a [' bathiflg establishinentj where two kindi „ of batbsfcan, be -obtained. The one " Priest's Bath',* from the circumstance ol ! a priesTi having bathediin it asouple of c for threeitoonthsj .'thereby effecting a,perfect cure.ofabad case ol chfonic rheumatism;- the other batt • commonly known at ■ .Madam Rachel's Bath from the reputed i. -.effect its mineral; constituents 1 of 1 making them " beautiful for ever," 1 ! • ,'t w-ii'ft £H '«;1