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for the Honey Bee, hung with golden lamps; the wayfarer may laugh at the 
poet’s fancy, as though I had won a chaplet of flowers that must vAther and die; 
but a time will come when the thirsty traveller shall drink of the founts of that 
tree throughout the land,—ships shall freight themselves from its branches, and 
the maiden hear the song of Camoens beneath its boughs, breathed by a lover’s 
voice, as, culling the fragrant blossoms, he binds them on her brow, and wins her 
for his bride.”— John’s Legend and Romance. 
Wourali Poison. —This vegetable poison, obtained by Mr. Waterton many 
years ago in South-America, has recently been the subject of various experiments. 
A few weeks since, Mr. W. was requested to administer the remedy to a man at 
Nottingham, who had been bitten by a mad Dog; but unfortunately the poor 
fellow died before that gentleman’s arrival in the town. Subsequently, before 
several medical men in the same town, Mr. Waterton gave some of the poison 
to a Dog, in order to prove its fatal tendency. This established, a portion of the 
poison was given to an Ass, which ere long lost all signs of life, the pulse being 
wholly inappreciable. An incision was then made in the trachea, and after 
artificial respiration had been kept up for several hours, the animal gradually 
recovered, and is now, we believe, in perfect health. This is similar to the 
experiment related in the Wanderings , respecting the Ass “ Wouralia,” which is 
still living at Walton Park. The necessary point seems to be to maintain an 
artificial respiration until the action of the poison on the system has in some 
degree subsided. We believe the Wourali poison is obtained from a species of 
Vine.— Ed. 
GEOLOGY. 
Query respecting Geological Maps of England.—I should be obliged by 
any of your correspondents furnishing the readers of The Naturalist with a list of 
the different geological maps showing the distribution of the various strata 
throughout the counties of England and Wales, with some slight notice of their 
merits, and the price at which they are published, which would be useful as a 
guide towards the purchase of the most useful.—T. B. Hall, Coggeshall , Essex , 
April 14, 1839.—[We are not acquainted with any geological maps of separate 
counties; but can confidently recommend the “ Map of the Inland Navigation , 
Canals , and Rail-roads , with the Situations of the various Mineral Productions 
throughout Great Britain; from actual Surveys, projected on the Basis of the 
Trigonometrical Survey made by Order of the Honorable the Board of Ordnance. 
By J. Walker, Land and Mineral Surveyor, Wakefield. Accompanied by a 
Book of Reference. Compiled by Joseph Priestley, Esq., of the Aire and Calder 
Navigation. London: Longman and Co.; Nichols , Wakefield. 1830.” This 
map is about five feet square, and its price may be learnt by inquiry of any 
