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Every product which was first made over a hundred years

ago hasin some way assisted in the making or marking ofhis

tory. The Story of Angostura Bitters—internationally,and

colloquially known as"Angostura"—takesusfrom the Battle

of Waterloo to make interesting connection with General

Bolivar, the debonair"Liberator of South America."

This is"the way"of it: Following

their discharge, with honour, from

the service in 1815 after their share

at Waterloo against Napoleon I,

Dr. Siegert, and two or three com

panions,kindred spirits, were minded

to try adventure further afield and

ultimately decided on South America

as the place for it. That was in

1820 when Bolivar was leading the revolutionary armies

of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Attracted by the fight for freedom, the"adventurers,"

in various capacities, threw in their lot with Bolivar, who

later appointed Dr. Siegert Surgeon-General of the

Military Hospital at Guayana.

A newcomer to the equatorial region. Dr. Siegert was

unusually and professionally conscious of the enervating

influence of the climate. He turned for a palliative to

Nature's resources and made a scientific study of the

abundant health-giving herbs and plants of the Tropics.

Four years' research resulted in his origination in 1824

of a blend of aromatic and tonic bitters which he then

named Aromatic Bitters,

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