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child with his own milk. The mother having" 

 fallen sick, the father, to quiet the infant, took 

 it into his bed, and pressed it to his bosom. Lo- 

 zano, then thirty-two years of age, had never 

 remarked till that day that he had milk : but 

 the irritation of the nipple, sucked by the child, 

 caused the accumulation of that liquid. The 

 milk was thick and very sweet. The father, as- 

 tonished at the increased size of his breast, 

 suckled his child two or three times a day during 

 five months. He drew on himself the attention 

 of his neighbours, but he never thought, as he 

 probably would have done in Europe, of deriv- 

 ing any advantage from the curiosity he excited. 

 We saw the certificate, which had been drawn 

 up on the spot, to attest this remarkable fact, 

 eye-witnesses of which are still living. They 

 assured us, that, during this suckling, the child 

 had no other nourishment than the milk of his 

 father. Lozano, who was not at Arenas during 

 our journey in the Missions, came to us at Cu- 

 mana. He was accompanied by his son, who 

 was then thirteen or fourteen years of age. Mr. 

 Bonpland examined with attention the father s 

 breast, and found it wrinkled like those of wo- 

 men who have given suck. He observed, that 

 the left breast in particular was much enlarged ; 

 which Lozano explained to us from the circum- 

 stance, that the two breasts did not furnish milk 

 in the same abundance. Don Vicente Empa- 



