ADDITIONAL NOTES. 259 d found and treacherouſly murdered by that poiſon, either inter- 0; none nally or externally. Every man of quality or faſhion has ki his dagger or other arms poiſoned with itz and in times e poiſon of war the Malayans poiſon the ſprings and other waters ner,] with itz; by chis treacherous prattice the Dutch ſuffered 1 0unce| greatly during the laſt war, as it occaſioned the loſs of nk it, half their army, For this reaſon, they have ever ſince kept ved; at fiſh in the ſprings of which they drink the water, and ſen- tran up tinels are placed near them, who inſped the waters every wobled hour, to ſee whether the fiſh are alive. If they march |, and in with an army or body of troops into an enemy's country, ſons, and| they always carry live fiſh with them, which they throw: ach very into the water fome hours before they venture to drink itz parts, dut by which means they have been able to prevent their al] quan- total deſtruction. could dit- This account, I flatter myſelf, will ſatisfy the curioſity ed; and of my readers, and the few fads which I have related will t of the be conſidered as a certain proof of the exiſtence of this ing. pernicious tree, and its penetrating effets, jced that If it be aſked why we have not yet any more ſatisfac- moſt vio“ tory accounts of this tree, I can only anſwer, that the ob- elieve thät Jett of moſt travellers to that part of the world conſiſts hat and, more in commercial purſuits than in the ſtudy of Natural of the nt Hiſtory and the advancement of Sciences. Beſides, Java v deſtropt 18 10 univerially reputed an unhealthy iſland, that rich tra-

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