ROBERT COWAN.
PHILADELPHIA:
THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO.
1851.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851,
BY ROBERT COWAN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the
Western District of Virginia.
C. SHERMAN, PRINTER.
PREFACE.
So frequent has been the demand for some Guide to the Virginia Springs, of portable dimensions, and nothing of the kind having as yet appeared, we have been induced to compile the following little work, hoping to meet, in some measure, the wants of visiters to these Watering-Places. In giving the various routes, we have endeavoured to describe the Springs, and also the Natural Curiosities, as we proceed.
Other matter than that for which we are indebted to the proprietors of the Springs, has been gathered from various publications.
A number of books and pamphlets have been written about the Mineral Waters of Virginia, but in no single one, we believe, has an account been given of so many watering-places as in this.
There are many other Springs in the State whose waters, no doubt, contain valuable medicinal qualities, perhaps even exceeding several of which an account has been given in this work; but as we have not been able to get information with regard to them,—not knowing, in fact, even their localities,—we must, of course, much as we regret it, omit them.