| 0.1234 | 0.1234 | 0.1234 | MdS | PvS | RiS | CsS | RaS | BPCS |
| Free carbonic acid gas | 0.3552 | 0.3810 | 0.3644 | 0.5967 | 0.4997 | 0.0518 | ||
| Bicarbonate of soda | 0.5362 | 0.5452 | 0.5375 | 0.5361 | 0.5362 | 2.8920 | ||
| „ ofpotash | 0.0309 | 0.0309 | 0.0232 | 0.0212 | 0.0212 | .... | ||
| „ oflime | 0.3423 | 0.3142 | 0.3092 | 0.3209 | 0.2720 | 0.1905 | ||
| „ ofmagnesia | 0.1757 | 0.1676 | 0.1628 | 0.1676 | 0.1647 | .... | ||
„ ofprotoxide of iron | 0.0207 | 0.0235 | 0.025 | 0.0258 | 0.0317 | 0.0021 | ||
| Chloride of Sodium | 0.3685 | 0.3630 | 0.3599 | 0.3587 | 0.3578 | 2.8406 | ||
| Sulphate of soda | 0.0761 | 0.0761 | 0.0761 | 0.0756 | 0.0737 | 0.2084 | ||
| Arseniate of soda | 0.00096 | 0.00096 | 0.00096 | 0.0009 | 0.00095 | 0.02847 | ||
| Silicic acid | 0.1654 | 0.1686 | 0.1653 | 0.1552 | 0.1550 | 0.1200 | ||
| Alumina | 0.0112 | 0.0094 | 0.0101 | 0.0083 | 0.0065 | Traces. | ||
Bourboule contains, besides what is given here, the chloride of potassium and magnesium. The active and special principle of both waters is the arseniate of soda, which, it will be observed, is 29 times more abundant in the Bourboule water than in that of Mont-Dore. The temperature of the two hottest Bourboule springs is 140° F., or 27° above the hottest of Mont-Dore.
These waters are recommended for certain forms of chronic bronchitis, asthma, and laryngeal complaints, gastro-enteric and uterine disorders marked by congestion, similar cases in which the liver is implicated, nervous maladies, and scrofulous diseases.—Madden’s Health Resorts. Three or four glasses of the Madeleine water are taken daily by the majority of patients. It produces an increase of appetite, and is often attended with diarrhœa about the fifth or sixth day; this is mostly succeeded by a certain degree of constipation, which frequently lasts to the end of the course. About the twentieth day a disgust of the water is generally experienced, which is an indication that the saturation point has been obtained.—Lee’s Baths.
As the weather of Mont-Dore is changeable, a supply of warm clothing is necessary. For excursions, a vehicle with 2 horses costs per day 20 to 25 frs.; saddle-horses, 5 to 10 frs. per day.
Mont-Dore: Excursions. Queureuilh.
[Excursions.]—There are many pleasant and beautiful excursions around Mont-Dore, among the volcanic hills clothed with sombre pine forests and verdant meadows, rent at intervals by deep gullies with sullen waters or roaring torrents in the dark depths below, chafing against the jagged vertical cliffs of the ravines. Lakes sleep placidly in the craters which vomited forth these confused masses of rocks and knolls over which in many places now rush and tumble superb waterfalls. The Alpine Club have distributed over the district a liberal supply of finger-posts, which indicate the distance as well as the way to the different places.
One of the first excursions undertaken is to the [Cascade du Queureuilh], about 2 m. N. by the village of Le Queureuilh, half-way between the falls and Mont-Dore. This cascade, one of the most beautiful in this region, is formed by the outlet of the Enfer from Lake Guéry (see below), 5 m. N. from Mont-Dore, or 3 from the falls. The stream, after rushing through the ravines of Blaise and Queue, tumbles over a hard basaltic precipice 98 ft. high. From the falls of Queureuilh tourists often return by what is incorrectly called the falls of the Rossignolet, a placid stream which enters the ravine of Enfer about half a mile below the falls of Queureuilh. This excursion may be made in a carriage. On foot it is easily walked in 4 hrs.
Excursions of much the same character, and in the same direction, are made to the Cascades de l’Angle 1¾ m., to the Saut-du-Loup 1¾ m., and to the Pré du Barbier.
Lake Guéry. Orcival.
The excursion to [Lake Guéry], 5 m. N., commences by the new road to Randanne, cut in the flanks of the prettily-wooded Mt. Angle. At a turning of the road, just over the village of Queureuilh, there is a charming panoramic view of the valleys of Mont-Dore and of Sauves. To the W. are the towns of Le Quaire and Bourboule. Southwards are the Capucin, 4807 ft., the Aiguilles d’Enfer, and the giant peak De Sancy. Lake Guéry, one of the shallowest of the lakes, 4062 ft., is 1½ m. W. from the main road, in a desolate region, surrounded by arid rugged peaks. N. from the lake, at the entrance to a picturesque defile, stand like sentries, on the left the Roche Tuillière, 4246 ft., one side a vertical cliff, the other clothed with verdure; on the right the Roche Sanadoire, with huge basaltic columns, resembling those of the Giant’s Causeway.