Meskoutin

Meskoutin, or HAMMAM MESKOUTIN ('the Accursed Baths'), a place in Algeria, 48 miles (77 by rail) E. by N. of Constantine, with remarkable hot baths (203° F.), known to the Romans as Aquæ Tibilitinæ. They and the adjoining ferruginous and sulphureous springs (170°) are still used medicinally. The incrustations of carbonate of lime and clouds of steam, &c. give the region a very singular appearance.