The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-30 00:00:00

No. 10,910.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1827.

PUBLICATIONS.

TAINS of RED PORT WINE, Tea,

VIRTUES OF THE GUACO PLANT.

Fruit, Mildew, and 'every Vegetable Matter, are .en-
tirely removed from Table Linen, Cottons, Muslins, Laces,
and other articles of Dress, by HUDSON'S CHEMICAL
BLEACHING LIQUID: it also removes the above stains
from Ladies' Buff Dresses, without injuring the Buff
Colour, and restores all kind of discoloured Linen to its
original whiteness, without injury to the texture of the
Cloth.
Prepared and Sold by W. B. HUDSON, Chemist, 27,
Haymarket, London; sold also by most Perfumers; Drug-
gists, and Medicine Venders throughout the United King-
dom, in bottles at 55., Ss., and 2s. sack.
N.B. Mr. W. B. Hudson has no concern whatever with
the articles sold under. the name of " Hudson's Botanic
Tooth Powder and Tincture."

THE LATE MR. CANNING.
In the Press, and will be published immediately,
AN ELEGY on the DEATH of the late
lamented MINISTER, price Is.
To be had of every Bookseller in Town and Country.

It is an observation made by Pliny, (Natural
History, liber 7,) that nature has, in one sense,
been more liberal to brutes than to man, by pro-
viding the former with natural clothing, and
gifting them with sufficient sagacity to know and
defend themselves against their enemies, whereas
man is destined to seek the same advantages by
dint of labour and reflection. That the fact
exists cannot be proved by any instance more re-
markable than the one that forms the subject of
this letter.

This day was published, price 2s. half-bound,
THE CHILD'S FRENCH FRIEND ;
being Grammar, Exercises, and Vocabulary, for
the use of Children from four to eight years of age.
By M. A. ALLISON,
Author of Questions on the Grammar of the French
Language.

London ;-printed for W. §impkin and' R. Marshall, Sta-
tioners'-hall-Court, Ludgate-street.

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Six. _

Amongst the most valuable and interesting
discoveries made in the tropical regions, in favour
of suffering humanity, certainly we may rank that
of the preservative and cure for the bites of veno-
mous serpents, a virtue subsisting in the Bejuco
del Guaco, a species of bind-weed. This secret

This day was published, price ss. 6d. bound,
QUESTIONS in ROMAN HISTORY,
with Geographical Illustrations and Maps ; to which
are prefixed, Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Insti-
tutions of the Romans.
By JOHN OLDING BUTLER,
Author of the Geography of the Globe.
London : Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall-court ;
John Harris, St. Paul's ; and Harvey and Dirton, Grace-
church-street.

is understood to have been long known to some

of the Indians in the tropical parts of South
America ; but, ever mindful of the injustice and

This day was published, with Engraving*, Ss. 6d. bds.
PILGRIMS of the NINETEENTH CEN-
TURY ; a continuation of the Pilgrim's Progress,
upon the plan projected by Mr. Bunyan ; somprising the
History of a Visit to the Town of Toleration ; with an ac-
count of its charter, and a descrii u n of the principles and
customs of its inhabitants, under the similitude of a dream,
and illustrated with historical notes.

cruelty of their conquest, this, as well as the
knowledge of many other important facts pre-
served by tradition, they have uniformly refused
to communicate to their intruders ; even the

missionaries sent among them, on whom they

placed the greatest reliance, and held in profound
veneration, were unable to wrest the secret from
them. The virtues of the plant in *question were,
however, recently discovered, almost in an acci-
dental manner, as will be seen by the following
details ; but, as experience of every kind has now
manifested, that by the possession of this specific
the envenomed bite of the most dangerous rep-
tiles of the earth, so abundant in the West
Indies, is no longer a subject of serious alarm, it
becomes of consequence that it be more generally
known.

By JOSEPH IVIMEY.
London; printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall,
Stationers'-hall-court, Ludgate-street.

DR. COURTENAY'S NEW WORK.
This Day was published, price 45.
A N HISTORICAL and PRACTICAL
11 TREATISE on SYPHILIS, Gonorrhea, Gleets,
Seminal Weakness, Strictures, Eruptions, and Nocturnal
Pains, so frequently mistaken for Rheumatism. These
subjects are illustrated by a variety of highly interesting
cases, together with the Miseries of a secret Vice, so long
and so unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes. In
the one it will be found the unfailing source of Barrenness,
the other have its ravages fatally developed by a distressing
state of debility, which, if not timely remedied, terminates
in Impotence; these are its remote and ultimate effects,
while Consumptions, loss of Muscular Power, and various
Nervous Complaints, usually characterise the earliest stagei
of this most destructive and insidious habit, for the cure of
which a mode of treatment, the result of long and success-
ful practice, and at oak (safe, speedy, and effectual, is
adopted by the Author. With concluding remarks on the
evils resulting from attempts at Self Cure.
Principiis obsta ; sero medicine paratur.
By C. R. COURTENAY, M.D., Robert-street, Adelphi.
Printed for the Author: Published and sold by 'Suther-
land, No. 9, Carlton-street, Edinburgh ; Sherwood and Co.,
Paternoster-row ; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand ;
Walker, 90, High Holborn ; Chappell and Son, Cornhill ;
Marsh, 187, Oxford-street ; Chapple, 94, Pall.mall ;
Brook, Opera Arcade ; and may be had of all booksellers
in town and country.
" Amongst the numerous Medical and Surgical Works
of the day, we consider that written by Dr. Courtenay, on
Syphilis, and other frequently fatal complaint., to be worthy
of the highest encomium., and justly deserving the serious
attention of all those persons who may unfortunately
happen to be afflicted with the maladies which form the
subject of this very interesting publication. The luminous
views taken of these diseases, together with important
warnings against excesses, entitle this work to great praise;
and we may add, as a further recommendation, that it is
written with much delicacy and morality."—lnspector and
Literary Review.

Windsor and Eton, at Seven.
Birmingham, Coventry, and Holyhead, a Quarter before
Eight.
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Five.
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Four.

The negroes in the province of Choco, de-
pendant on the kingdom of Santa Fe, were the
first who observed a bird called the Guaco pur-

sue and -fight with serpents ; and, on closer exami-
nation, they discovered that these were the com-
mon food of this animal. Before we proceed any
further it will be proper to premise, that this bird
must not be confounded with the one belonging
to the species of herons mentioned by Buffon, in
the last volume of the " Natural History of
Birds," which he calls Guaco, or. Sovaco, the
name commonly given to it on the shores of
Boulogne. The American GuacO, a denomina-
tion probably. derived from the Indians, might
rather enter into the class of carnivorous birds,
under the head of hawks, as Catesby calls the
serpent-hawk " Expervier Serpent," from that
reptile being its food and object of destruction,
and may deserve the name in the same manner as
does the sparrOw-hawk, &c. The negrocs per-
ceived that the Guaco, when wounded in its
severe battles,' always recurred to a certain plant,

Windsor and Eton, at Two.
Liverpool, through Coleshill and Lichfield, at Three.
Norwich, through Colchester and Ipswich, at flalf-past
Five.
Derby, through Leicester and Northampton, a Quarter
before Six.
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and never appeared to receive material ii jur
When unable to kill its enemy, they always
noticed that it availed itself of the leaves of tic
same plant to lay him asleep, and he then be-
came an easy prey. Pushing their discoveries
and experiments still further, they eventually as-
certained that this same plant, to which they
afterwards gave the name of Guaco, in reference
to the I,:rd which had taught them its virtues,
not only in all cases cured the poisonous bites of
the above reptiles, but operated as a preservative
against their destructive powers when taken with
a degree of frequency.
Mutis, the celebrated botanist of Santa Fe,
previous to the above discovery being properly
known, had been astonished at the facility with
which the negroes inhabiting the neighbourhood
and borders of the river Magdalena, caught ser-
pents and carried them about in their hands and
bosoms without any dread of fatal effects ; and
ever active in that spirit of research for which
he was so much distmguished, the following ex-
periments were made in his presence, and in that
of several other botanists :
A negro was obtained, well versed in the above
dangerous trials, who brought with him a
venomous serpent, known by the Spaniards by
the name of Taya, in consequence of the white
spots it has on its back, something resembling
the letter X. The negro handled the serpent in
every way he was desired, and gave it several
blows without its,doppearing roused or attempting
to bite him. It was at first imagined that the
serpent was not of the most venomous kind,
on causing him to open its mouth, the rows of
sharp teeth were formed in perfect order, and
ample assurances were moreover given, that but,
it
was of the most deadly species known in the
provinces of Santa Fe. No further doubt was
entertained of the efficacy of the preservative, and
one of the gentlemen resolved to undergo the
same experiment the negro had just performed.
For this purpose, the negro pressed the juice of
a handful of the leaves of the Guaco plant into a
glass, and caused the person to drink two table-
spoons
; after which, he inoculated some of
the same juice into the skin. He made eight
small incisions ; one in each foot, one in each of •
the fleshy parts of the hands, again between the
forefinger and thumb, and, lastly, on each side
of the breast. On the appearance of blood, some
of the juice was poured on and well rubbed with
the
tion being fully performed ; the person, if bitten,
powdered leaves of the plant ; which opera-
is considered as perfectly cured ; and, besides,
prepared to handle any serpent of the worst kind
at pleasure. Various experiments were then
tried, both by Mutis and his companions, and
all proved the evident powers of the juice. Se-
veral questions were also proposed to the negro
respecting other plants ; but he assured the by-
standers, that he knew of no otheras
worsted
efficacious, and that this plant was always eaten
by the Guaco, or serpent-hawk, when
by the serpents it attacked in search of food ;
moreover declaring, that he had frequently wit-
nessed the circumstance, and always noticed that
the bird- uniformly recurred to the same remedy.

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Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW was this morning heard in
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Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up, the
Jury retired, and after an absence of two hours, at
nine o'clock at night, returned with a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages 500/.