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OvysTER River, a ed ba within the fouth head of 
sae ial bay, in New Zea 
River, a many of the onions in New 
ee 
O¥STERMOUTH, 
cwmwd of Gw el can pe 
ec The M 
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bon mmeniane 
and teaditoa ia fays, this {pot was formerly the {cite of a 
chapel, but no veftiges of it now remain. The exiftence 
of Bich a building, however, is not improbable, as the fea 
has made great encroachments on this part of the bay. 
large wood, called « Crow’s Wood,” frequently mentioned 
in ancient records, has been fubmerged, and traces of it are 
{till evident in the fand at low water. Vaft quantities ,of 
fhell- fith, but gla ome oS are caught or dragged on 
he coaft he hen origin of the term’ Oyfte 
mouth as the eine. of the parifh, which, secede 
to the parliamentary returns of 1811, contains 200 houfes 
and 761 inh 
On a kn 
all c or eminence eaft from the church ftand the 
ruins of st hak ah mete fuppofed to have been ereéte 
y the Norman Beaumonts, who conquered Gowerland. It 
is faffered | lefs from the ravages of time than any ruin in 
this part of the country, the principal all being as yet in 
good c condition, and moft of the apartments entire. The 
general figure is polygonal, and the ramparts are confpicu- 
oufly lofty, but there are no flan 
2 iy conform 
immemorial. 
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O Wreftward from ie cae a is the parifh of Pen-Arth, 
part of which is conje€tured to have been anciently the 
{cite of a confiderable town, as many foundations of houfes 
ands, and there is ftill a village to 
Pen- Arth ae that o y 
very fine fee ecimen of a architeCture. 
Between this rani and i fea, on the fands, is a rock, 
called ** The Three Cliffs,’’ bia its epi to Gre: 
O ion 
In the centre of this rock is 
nearly midway betw 
rock, and i is ivaceefiible fro 
in ae, rom cfn a fitic final iiually 
fignifies a fetid ulcer, che fituated gio ag cavity of the 
nofe, and frequently accompanied with c 
hi ate, is Cacti attended 
arrh. A 
the orifice is n quite obftruce 
difeafe nen oe i difcharge aflumes more ol a jul 
appearance, and it is moft abundant in the morning 
Sneezing and flight hemorrhages occafionally happen. The 
ulceration often extends outwardly, {preading round the ala 
nafi over the cheek ; Pa By fui ever deftroys the ala nafi, 
or {preads far from 
This difeafe is deferibed b by Mr. Pearfon as being fre- 
quently conneGted with fcrofula and venereal complaints ; 
and he ftates, that in the latter cafe, more frequently than 
offa fpongiofa come 
the no 
c 
wi 
perfor ate the vee he deftroy the 
offa nafi com- 
oe ing t . Pearfon, 
quently the effect of the cachexia Ca. at the ae oe 
day, than of lues venerea, 
As abfceffes of the antrum are putin d with sie 
fymptoms, which re femble thofe of the ozzna, the fur 
muft be upon his guard againft cine one mais for ce 
er. 
When the ozena is altogether a local eae as it muft 
be regarded, when entirely kept u the prefence of a 
dead portion of bone, that has not yet exfoliated, coniti- 
tutional remedies appear to ae neceflary. The dead bone 
will in time be caft off, a pak Fpontaneoully heal. 
But, in every ‘aftche ce, the utmo be taken to 
keep the part affected as clean as pol; ; ei with this 
view, alum = zinc injeGtions are prop 
When ozzna, however, is aad aa a upon a fcrofulous 
affeCtion of the ’ conftitution, upon lues venerea, or what is 
termed the cachexia fyphiloidea, the particular remedies for 
thefe lee a of the fyftem muft be given, ere the 
ulcer can be 
The petepal internal medicines, employed for the cure 
of gs ozena, are 
1. Prepa mat ions ier mercury, or anti 
2: Sarlaparilla, elm-bark, Peruvian ‘backs muriate of ba- 
rytes, muriate of lime. 
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