490 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



during the winter, have been seen 

 in a few oavfUns of the south of 



Devonsiiire for thesp hundred years. 

 The fruit is as large and tine as 

 any from Portugal ; some lemons 

 from a garden near this place were, 

 about thirty-five or forty years 

 ago, presented to tlie king by the 

 late Earl Poulett, from his sister. 

 Lady Bridget Bastard, of Gerston ; 

 and there are trees still in the 

 neighbourhood, the planting of 

 which, I believe, is beyond me- 

 mory. The late Mr. Pol lex feu 

 Bastard (uncle of the HI. P. for 

 Devon), who had the greatest 

 number of oranges and lemons of 

 any one in this country, remarked 

 above thirty years since (what 

 tends to confirm your experi- 

 ments), that he found trees raised 

 from seed, and inoculated in his 

 own garden, bote the cold better 

 than oranges and lemons imported. 

 I have the honour to be. Sir, 

 Your very obedient Servant, 

 A. Hawkins. 

 Alston, near Kins;shridge, 

 Devon, Dec. 11, 1809. 



Account of the Vicuna. By 

 Mr. Larrey, Physician in Chiff 

 of the Imperial Guard, one of the 

 Inspectors General of Military 

 Hospitals, Sfc. 



From Nicholsoris Philosophical 

 Magazine. 



A merchant of Cadiz, a lover of 

 natural history, brought from Peru 

 two young vicunas, a male and 

 female. He first landed them at 

 Cadiz at the beginning of tlie year 

 1 SOS ; and toward the end of April 

 in the same year conveyed them to 

 Madrid. They did not appear to 

 be inconvenienced by the change 

 «f climate, or difference of food. 



till the weather began to get very 

 hot. They were very badly lodged 

 in a small, dark room, not well 

 ventilated. In this hole 1 had an 

 opportunity of seeing them, ex» 

 amining their figure and gait, and 

 studying their manners and ha- 

 bits. 



The female, which was larger 

 and older than the male, being a- 

 bout three feet high, died soon af- 

 ter, duriuij a short tour T ma<le in 

 the neighbourhood of Madrid to 

 inspect the hospitals. 1 could not 

 learn the cause of her death ; but, 

 as the body quicklj' putrefied, it 

 was thrown into the fields. 



On my return I hastened to vi- 

 sit the two strangers, but found 

 only the male, sad, dejected, and 

 ottering plaintive cries at the slight- 

 est touch. He ate but little, and 

 remained constantly squatted on 

 his four legs: but he appeared 

 better and more lively in the cool of 

 the evening and morning, which he 

 seemed to seek ; while in the heat 

 of the day he was overcome, and 

 breathed with difficulty. 1 hus me- 

 lancholy and unwell he passed the 

 first week of June ; and about the 

 15tli symptoms of inflammation 

 ap|)eared, a few days after which 

 he died. 



Foreseeing this event, 1 had ob- 

 tained permission of the owner to 

 dissect the animal after his death, 

 and dispose of his skin. My first 

 care was to remove this with due 

 caution, that I might be able to 

 preserve the natural shape of the 

 animal in stuffing it: after which 

 I proceeded to examine the visce- 

 ra, the articulations, and the gene- 

 ral disposition of the muscles. 



On opening theabdomen I found 

 the linea alba, or aponeurosis unit- 

 ing the large muscles, was ex- 

 tremely strong, and much thicker 



than 



