The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

PER:II74N BdfIIK.

It is pot certain bow the qualities and use of this •
rematkabje Bark can fit st to be known., but it is the
common opinion, that before die arrival of the Spa-
niards it was used by the Indians in the cure of in-
termitting fevers and agues, 'which are frelsent in
the damp parts. of Peru. According to Spanish ac-
counts, however, the virtues of the Peruran Bark
were discovered in the following manner:--
The tree which produces this noble specific grows
hi the inland parts of Peru, on the mot:Attains of
Loxa. It is also called Quinquina, Chincona, that is
fever wood. It is a pretty tall tree,-and.has a trunk
rather bigger than a. man's thigh, tapering from the
root upwards, and tree from branches nit near the
top. The bark is of a' blackish colour on the out-
aide, and sometimes mixed with white spots, frorn
Whence, commonly grows a `kind ut muss, which the
Spaniards call -Barbas.

'Near the town of Loxa, says our correspondent,
was a lake surrounded with Chinconairees, whicfz
being blown' down, or accidentally thrown into the
lake, *communicated' a 4izter ti.ste to the water, so_
that the inhabitants, who used to oink it, cuuw nog
longer use it but a c'rtain Indian who had a Inofent
fever upon him, and cothequently art intense thirst,
finding no other .water was foried to drink of this,
by which he' was periettly Cured. He related tins-,
circumstance to some of iiis_tieignbours, and setrai
periwns afflicted-with feversmade t i e
meta with the same suCcess. Upoli-..this they
thetilselves%to'cUsCoVer what had given
gnus qualify to the water of the lake; and fount', iU
the first place, that a great nunii:.er of trees had .ICO
into it, secondly, that,, in -a CCUrbe of years 7.-:
these irees being rotted in - the ter it- Jost its - .
bittpr- taste, a iid- of the same time, isv in 116 hence.
they concluded that its quaiity was owing to the
trees, and found'that their Aleole efficacy: rebided in
the bark.

.•
This medicine, however, remained a secret to tha
Spaniards till the year 164 b, when it was discovered •
by a soldier, who by. its rneans had Cie good fortune
,to cure the Vice-Queen of Peru of an intertnitting
.
fever, Which had baffled the skilLof her physicitils.
Frcm this time the Spaniards b
'begun to use it with
wonderful success 3 and in the year 1740, Father De
Logo, a jesuit,t hen ProcuratOr-General of Itikorder,
and afterwards Cardinal, brought it to Rome, upon..
which the Society of Jesuits soon raised its reputa-
tion in Europe, and got a 'great deal of money in a
short time, selling for more than its weight itt
gold, and never parting with it but in powder, itk
order to disguise it the better. At this juncture; the ,
Physicians were, divided with reSpeal to the Peruvian
Birk, some looking on it as a divine medicine,
whilst others believed it dangerous, and even fatal'
in many cases ; but its reputation suffered only. ,
through ignorance in• the manner 'of preparkg nod
presctibing it. For, about the year 1679, Mr. TA..
bot, an English physician, hr,,ught it into vogue by
the great number of cures he wrong.; about the'
court and city-of Paris, with the powder prepar.
ed after his manner; the- secret whet eat was
afterwards 'made made, public by tne-umnificei)ce -
of Louis IV. who rewarded Ta.bot fur the curs-
monication with five thousand crown;. The
tation, - indeed, which this medicine has tliii-
verally obtained, •has been chiefly owing to the
judicious anti aucccaful experinicrtla made by our
knglish physicians. •

CADIZ.—.The City. of.. Cadiz is in the province.ck-
Andalusia, in Spain, "and stands upon a pint of
land so very pariJw, that there is In tie ground Lie.
tween it and the sea, except on _the S. W. It •is
upwards of 300 miles distant S. W. from Madrid.. 4
Theisland of Leon, on which it stands, is six hntgues
in length, about halla leagne broad 'where the lowa.
stands,:_and on the S. W. three leagues over. The
isla4d,. • with the continent over against it, trams a
bay qour leagues long, and in most places two lit
breadth.:; About the middle of the • bay are two'.
points of land, one on the continent, and the other-;
On the island, so near togethec,--friaithe torts upop
them command the passage, and within these pointS
is the harbour.

NIP NAPY.),

ORAVZSIND, MARCH 7.

• •
Arrived—the Catherine, —, from C .braltat.
Sitiled—De Fame, Merry, for Teneritie; itobert and Ann,
Martin, for Gibraltar; Dektord, Custance, for'
Pearl, Patterson, and Alonzo, Creason, for Lisbon ; and
the Charlotte, &icon, for Waterford.

B,IILTHS.
On Saturday last, at Weygiouth, -the'Lady of Sir William
George Parker, Bart. of a Daughter. • -
On S.umlay last, at:Twickeilhatn Lodge, the. Lady of Cap.
Uhl Frederick II ill, of a Son. • -
Yesterday, at Guildhall,.the Lady of the City Iternern-.
brancer,'of a Son ; her fourteenth child.

MARRIED. - -
On Tuesday morning, at St. Mtry-le-bonneChurch, Henry
Duke Loftus, Esq. ,to Marianne, eldest daughter of Lieu-
tenant-General Loftus, - -
On Wednesday morning, at St. Tomes's Church, Mr. Thou
mas Francis gunman, of Craven-street, to lane, eldest
daughter of Francis Dollin.in, lisq.• of Gower-street,
Lately, the Rev. j. Hartley, to Miss Comsat, of York:

.DIE D. • :
On the rst inat, at Woolwich, Mrs. Adye, widow of the I,
late Major Stephen Payne Adje, of the Roya,l-Regiinent of
Artillery. - _ - _ •

On Sunday, the infant son of Thomas. Bonner, Esq. of Sr.
On Tuesday morning, aged fiveyears;.Maria, datiihter
Joseph Blake, • Esq . of Devonshire-place:- .
The same day, g.rs. Lawes, of Mortimer, Berks.
'Yesterday Anorning,, in the 64th year of his 4e, W. Dunk-
ley, Esq. of Little Eastcheap. -
Orrthe t4th ult, alter a severe- and;tedious illness, the
Rev. Archibald wiiWarpson, one of -the Ministers ,g.t tile
Chapel'ofEase, tlnsgovv, in the 45th year' of his age, and
20th of his . •
The lion. Mrs. -Elliot, wife Of the tiort.,Williant
M. P. lorliskeard,
• On the rith•of filly, at Madtai, 'Commissioner Inman, of
the-Roto-Navy he had landed duty a 'lex-days twin Edig.
laid. - • . - •

_ • .
At Porina, Lieutenant Richardson, formerly of the Ist
Veteran Battalion; aged 83 "years.

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