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London, England, 1809-12-26 00:00:00

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This disease may generallybe prevented by geed -.A MOilern Traveller' has given tie `following ac-
inagagethent, the basis 'of which consists in corn- `chunhof the route from Buenos Ayres to Lima, the
plefely draining-the land. The manner in which road .by which thehreastrre ia'coeVeyed to the for-
the land should be stocked is also another important . a mer,place. This is one of the innumerable itietancea
consideration. ; of the 'miserable defective policy Of the. Spanish Go-
By draining, the reptile, or whatever it may be, '. vernment toward's these 'noble countries : by an al-
from which the flouk derives its origin, is deprived teriition, easily w be cffee4ed, the dahgers which at
of its favourable places to deposit its egg, •and there- present exist might be, avoided.
fore seeks some Other spot. i For the better security 1 "'When travellers pass over the lofty ridges of the
of its young, it prefers those parts where there is . Cordilleras, it is said, that from the ieretaetion of
stagnated water, . and consequeetly where it is i the air, they can scarcely breathe., and are afflided
leash likely to be eaten by cattle or sheep, which is with nausea. This
,is one' of . the ' inconveniences
a natural instinct observable -throughout animal life. . tHey suffer, but it is of trifling import, when compere
Sheep will not resort to such places, unless they are ed to the imminent danger' they are exposed to in
very short of feed, and necessity compels them to some of the narrow. passes and steep declivities.—
it ; ' but 'draining will remove the evil altogether. The itinerary of 'the route from Buenos Ayres to
When land subject to the Rot is lightly stocked, Lima displays some of those dangers, which appear_
as with only half the number Of 'Sheep it would in tenfold array-eking the lesslietpiented paths.acress
keep, they frequently escape the disease, which is a # the Cordilleras. Their ruggedness is hot easily_de-
strong proof that they instinctively reject the, spots scribed. in many places the road is so narrow that
that are univholesome, and will never eat of them, the mules have scarcely room to set their feet, and
bet from great scarcity. Horses should never he, in others it is a continual series, of precipicea. These
put with Sheep on land' where the It t prevails, as' I paths are full of holes from two to three feet deep,
they bite very near, and eat the. best grass from the in which the mules set their feet, and draw their
-Sound high grounds, which the Sheep would in bellies and their rider's legs along the.groand. In
course make choice of, who are thus driven to those deed these'boles serve as steps,• without Which the..
low penny .spots; where they lick up; with the' her- ,1 precipices would, in a gicat measure, be impracti-
bage, the egg or animalcule that produces the flouk. cable ; but should the creature happen to set 'his.
Changing of Sheep about, by putting the whole cl : foot between two of these' holes, or got place it
the flock first into one pastureand then into Imo.; right, the rider falls,. and ifon tile side of the pre
they, to eat ail up, is also very improper; from cipicee inevitably perishes. The danger is, hoW-
which some have been led to 'suppose that shot t ever, greater, where theseholes, or can:elopes, es the
grass rots Sheep;. it is. not, however,. possible that Spaniards hill them; are wanting. For the•tracks
this reptile can have its origin in any kind of food, are extremely steep and slippery, in general chalky
as no Want can produce of itself a lining animal.: and wee; and where there aree-io holes to serve as
Lis a matter of great surprise, that:when a Sheep steps, Indians are obliged to go before with small
affected with the -Rot from atrength ut constitution ' spades, which they carry with them for that purr-
survives and fattens, yet the flocks still existdiethe , pose, to dig little trenches across-the path. This
liver; and when the Sheep is killed, these reptiles work is continual, every party- reqtriring'a repetition
very soon appear to be•dead, altlioirgh at the moment of it, tor in less !ban a night, the. rain utterly &-
the liver is taken ode,. and-cut into, they. are as lively ' strays all the trenches cut during the preceding day.
as fresh caugiht flat fish, and much resemble thenh— ' In descending these
,places, where there are no
From what creature these reptiles are generated, is boles or trenches, and which are sometimeaeseveral
also surprising, as there has never been discovered, hundred yards deep, the-ilia-tin& of the mules that
on grounds subject to the Rot, any thing resembling : are accustomed to pass them is admit-able: . They.
them, nordoes it appear that those very flouks form- are sensible of the caution requisite in the descent.
ed in the bneep can have any appal malty to return On cowing 'to-the top of an eminence they stop, and
to what they-tame train, which renders the disco- having placed their fore feet doge togeiher, as in a
so-eery intricate; and, as naturalists in general do not posture of stopping theineelvee, they also put their
allow that. there is such a thing as spontaneous hind feet together, but alittleforwards as if going to
generation, the origin of this reptile is extremely lie down. In this attitude, havihg, as it were; taken
mysterious. ' a survey of the 'road; they slide down With the
•
The egg or animalcule must-be very abundant, as swiftness of a meteor. "All the rider has to do is to
a flock of Sheep has been known to take the Mice- keep hitheelf fast • in_ the-saddle, without checking
thin in a. few minutes. A flock of one thousand his beast;; for••the least -.motion is 'sufficient to dis-
was driven- from the high Downs, 'where Sheep order the equilibrium of ..the Miele, ie which case
never, take the Rot, once only into'a valley to drink; they must both unavoldribly perish. The address of
,aiter. a heavy shower of rain, and suffered to , eat Clete creatures is here. truly wonderful ; for in this
grass_ there for iiticut 15 minutes, when two bun- ;,rapid motion, when they. seem to hirviost'ali go-
d,aandied rotten in the winter foliowitig ; and how j vernment of themselves, the follow,.exactly the
.
many more were affected was not know n. different windings,of- the path, as if they had tie-
It has hitherto been impossible to give any meth- ' fore accurately, .reconnoitred, and previously settled
tine to kill or discharge these flouks trout the liver ; . in their minds, the route they were to follow, and
it is a subject, however, well worth the attention taken every precaution for their safety, amidst so
of the thediCal world, and, if crowned. with' success, many irregularities. There would' indeed other-
would amply reward the lahoer and research bestow- be no possibility of travelling over such places,
ed upon it. • . where the safety of the rider depends on the expe-
..-.- ---- t rience and ac drees of .his beast. • , •
autbenti- t• .
Cow Pox.—The following recent case, ' "11'f:ere are indeed some pleces where these-cle-'
cated by Mr. Cameron, an eminent Surgeon of Wor-
divides are. not on the sides
,of precipices; but the
cester, may tend to remove the objections against
road is so narrow and hollow, and the sides so per-
this disorder, and throw some suspicion upon the . pendichiar,
that the,denger is almost equal; for the
boasted security of the. Small-pox.--" John Sk vrme • track being extremely confined, and scarcely wide
the son of a respectable tradesman in this city, ' enough to admit the mule with its rtder; if the beaSt
Friday, yii 18
years of age, was, on the 20th of October, • falls; the man must be crashed, ,or, for want of
seized with shivering, and other symptoms of fever; robin to disengage: hiMself, havea limb broken. It
on the -ad clayhMonclay, an eruption appeared chief- - is really wonderful heobserve.the mules, alter they
ly about the face and neck; when I saw it,-I itnme- have overcome -the • firshieurotious of fear, anshare
; diately,- said—` this ,looks like the small-pox;' to going to slide down toe declis he', with whaeexadt-
whieh his mother replied :--chat could not be, as he ' neeshhey stretch out , their_ tore legs, that by pre-
was innocu;ated when he was three weeks old, to- serving a due equilibrium they May not fall on one
gether with four other children and two servants, side, • yet, at a proper distance, make with their bo-
all of whom had the disease *to fire entire saesfac- .'
dies that gentle inclination necessary to follow the
several wiedings of the path, as well as their ad-
assert,titan of the medical attendant, who, I May venture to
dress in stopping thethseli es at alle end of their hue
from my personal knowledge of him, could '
net have been deceived ; and all 'the others have petuous career. The human species could hot spew
hitherto escaptrd, which. very probably hhhalci
not ! more, priidence or couched than, the tholesdo; and
have been the ease,. had they not bad the genuine 'some ot them, after being long used to these
disease.. The disorder has now.gone throinsia its re- ' journiese acquire a kind of reputation for their
gular stages of suppuration and deaquamationa and, '
skill and safely, and are accordingly highly valued."
that no doubt might remain? I have:requested several How much the late wretched Government of Old
Gentlemen of the profession to visit hinae who are tSpain counteracted the beneficent designsi of nature,
unanimously of •opinion; that'he has hit' H• small- the reader will be able to form a judgment from arise
pox. This may certainlff shake our attlieknee in representation of the country :----!
:the immunity • afforded by Small-pox Inoculation ; " . The immense plains toat extend in almost un-
and the following circumstance May perhaps in- interrupted continuity from the banks of the Plata to
duce us 10 place a Superior reliance on the Cow - Chili,, and to the large rivers of Patagoitia,:'clairn
Pock. - A younger baother :VihtS ten years ago 'no- particular attention. 'f hey present a sea of waving
t cthat'_er,' and hail. he •dis- ,gress extending- for nine huildred miles, with very
culated with Cow-Pock
Order-in a satisfaeloryearanger,hred tho h
.he slept
with his lick brother every might tit dash, and
teraeinterruptioes of wood, or eminence. . The sec-
culeot and nutritne herbage of this trectatiords pasa
ture to those innumerable herds of -cattle that MVO
has had daily communication with ht since, yet
unowne a and:unvalued over a great portion of
he has resisted infeetion, and continues in perfect
health. America, and whose hides and tallow alone are oii-
, . .
‘c N. B. The younger boy still (Nov. 3d) re- casionally Sought-after by the Spanish hunters, . end •
mains uninfected, at which lam not at all surprised, form a principal article: of the trade of Buenos aNiireS.
,as, subsequent to the 'Cow-Pock, be was twice ino- , Wild horses, the progeny of those imported by the
culated with Small-Pock matter, 'Which produced i Spaniards, likewise • ebotind in these natural meads,
no • effect, and he has enjoyed uninterrupted, and They -wander from place to place, against the gairh.
even better health since, than he did previous to the • rent of the winds ; and . a traveller has stated that,
inoculation fOr the Cow-Pock." they are in such nhmbers, that, being in those plains
' - for the space of three weeks, he was continually
by theM o e hues' they 1e47
surrounded . $ in t passed ;Iri
OXFORD.-Monday, the last day of Michaelmas thick troops on full speed for Iwo or three hoUrs tti-
Term, the Rey. GEORGE WILLIAM HALL, B.D. get: Le 4. during which time, he
.says, it was with
and Master of Pembroke Collehe, was admitted D. r greet difficulty that the party preserved themselves
1:1:-)c: The following Gentlemen, on the same
day, irons being' cult over 'and trampled' to pieces.' At
Wiiteatlenitted to degrees i-:-- other times, however, the same country has been
iractleiorin Divinity—Rev. George Jenkins, of jcsui.
Masters of Arts—Rev. William Bagshaw Harrison, of Ftssed over, and aro horses have been seen.
Merton, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Francis Dyson, of I " • Near the Spanish settlements,-and where these
Merton ;" Rev. Richard Smith, of St. Alban Hall' Mr Ro- • have been.tilled,- ' '
plains
bent Wm. Hay, of Christ Church ; Rev. Thomas .1;loyd, '
of Jesus ;_ Rev.. Edward Ccckayne Frith, of St. john's;- and, various other produEtions ; whilst numerous
Mr. Charles Lewis Meryon. or St. John's ' flecks of sheep are also met with in the plains at the'
Bachelor of Arts—Mr. Win. Barwell Coles, of Hertford. o e•e-nouit inns of or ova an ocanto.—.
foot of th • t ' C d ' d Y
,
The whole • number of degrees in tite Term as t • Between these hills anti the Cordillera" of Chili, lie
follows : i many spacious anu fruitful vallies, watered bytirooks
MI6-tors in Divinity-, two I Dolor in Law, one - Bache-
tors in Divinity, two ; Bachelors in Law, two ; Hostels of and rivulets, and beatrifully diversifies with rising
Arts, 31; Bachelors of Arts, 33. grounds: They produce anahy kinds .of fruit trees;
. ' apple'!, peaches, cherries,
.and plums ; and also
The report of the-loss .of the Hussar originated in corn where the land is cultivated; but they are more
three seamen, who deserted, and got on board a particularly famous for breeding cattle, sheep, and
smogglak; giving out a report of the loss of the Has- j horses, and especially mules.' Of the mules yearly
stir; ns 'an inducement to the smuggler to receive I sent from these provinces to Peru, the greatest part
them ()IC board, .and which smuggler, on his arrival come from the distriet just descrioeth There are
at .Plymouth, told are story, which he believed, of many farm's here belonging to those industrious
the ship being lost, and only the. three seamen saved. i Spaniards who have been allured hither bl "the Let-

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o 'the soh, by the y 1 or reeamg cattle.;
and by the security from the incursions th'e
Indians, who infest those only who live Inc,',fL: 'to rt
'south."

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