UPAS, OK POISON TREE. 523 
iJ'Sc',, and in France, to ascertain the nature and 
N, 
the poison ; yet an authentic account of this 
^ drawn out by Dr. Hor.sfield, and published in 
fci^'^eniK ‘ uy i>[. nuisneia, ana publisnea m 
‘ate Batavian I'ransactions, cannot fail 
V \Tv every one has heard of its fabulous 
t t^ti, V, extravagant nature, its susceptibility 
.toll,.' untainent, its alliance with tlie ciuelties of a 
luiiuvJiJl, Kf> LiJlIcllKiC WlUl me c 
b-® ®l“''*^''ug genius of Darwin, 
J‘ 5 r.;|l“''Fese it answered to adopt and personify it as a 
Nit'p (in his Loves of the Plants), has obtained 
'S. curiency with the wonders of the Lernian 
fij^ltlif) *‘"y other ot the classic fictions of antiquitv. 
Doctor observes, the account published by 
L- to as relates to the situation of the poison- 
j 3'' o4».v4i*cJvyil lijc pUiaUll- 
C^lio surrounding country, and to the 
of the upas on criminals 
t( ‘ttra ■* nave ueeti ruaue oi tne upas on criminals 
P'Uts of the island, has, as well as the desetiption 
0 substance itself, and its mode of collection, 
extravagant forge’-y ; — the 
. f CA.U tivcigdUL lorge^y •— inc 
V‘'3fed ^ ■which a poison 
V •lie’ fatality, when thrown into the circula- 
y'''hiJy**'7ungest animal poisons hitherto known, is a 
'■ '''liipi '*■ object to establish and illustrate. The 
6n.. ^ DrOflnr'oe tlutj 
i.ij^4ty|.j| jPtoduces this poison is the anchar, and grows in 
toiJ' ^^^■’eniity of tlie island. The»work of Rhum- 
u<,i, "uunc I _r ,1 , 1 _ _ ■ 
of ^ account of the upas, under the denomi- 
toxicaria, The tree does not grow on 
oh description was made from the informa- 
k'' a 1 fiiined from Makasar. His figure was drawn 
^ lil-g., „tio uicivvil 
Is file ” called the male-tree, sent to hiit 
X>!\ * ’ - .... ... 
V'' place, and estaltlishes the identity of thf 
TA I b-jwui.tuanv.0 vii'o lUL-iiULy Ui UJC 
V^'^'uir f ■f''Iakasnr, and the other Eastern Islands, with 
of The simple sap of Bie arbor toxicaria. 
the 
\j'‘0n Rbumphius) is harmless, and requires 
Vc •• sultbtances, of the ailinity of ginger, to 
'f. . ’)'e and mortal. In so far it agrees with the 
’ll 
i'ich: 
-- — agrees - 
in its simple state, is 'supposed lobe inert. 
i. ^lar 'u.g employed as a poison, is subjected to a 
>i^*^tlig^[J''P**'‘"jori. Besides the true poison-tree, the 
Island, s, and the aiichar of the Javans, 
M- 0 Pf 1 ..XK-IV*.!, .lilVl 1111, .UIV...... HI 1..H 1111.-1, 
^ shrub, which, as far as observations 
‘0 been made, is peculiar to tire same, and, by 
