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found that they were rendered unwhole- 

 fbme by the Hiarree, whofe noxious 

 particles, like thofe of the Caffava, are 

 probably corrected by a culinary fire. 



Don Antonio TJllba * mentions a fpecies 

 of herbs ufed by the Indians on the 

 river Guydquil, in South America, for 

 filling, which he fays the Indians chew, 

 and throw into water. Should the In- 

 dians of Guiana chew the Hiarree, they 

 would expect to become as motionlefs 

 as the fifh which are taken with it; 

 nor am I able to conceive how it can be 

 other wife with thofe of Guyaquil, fince 

 humanity has never yet been found a 

 fecurity again ft the noxious effects of 

 either natural or artificial productions ; 

 nor are there any animals of equal mag- 

 nitude, fo eafiiy -affected, either by medi- 

 cines or poifons, as. thofe of the human 

 fpecies. I will not, however, deny the 



* Relacion Hiftorica del Viage al America Me- 

 ridional, &c. 



credi- 



