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to
the
stomach.
The
desire
for
It
was
said
to
proceed
from
a
pampered
appetite.
PHny
^
speaks
of
a
wine
made
from
sea
water,
but
considers
it,
with
Celsus,
a
bad
stomachic.
In
later
times
sea
water
has
been
converted
into
fresh.
Bory
de
St.
Vincent,^
in
his
Essais
sur
les
Isles
For-
tundes,
an
entertaining
description
of
the
archipelago
of
the
Canaries,
says
that
in
Fer,
one
of
the
Canary
Islands,
a
nearly
total
privation
of
running
water
was
compensated
by
an
extraordinary
tree.
Bacon
(^Nov,
Scient.
Org.,
412),
the
father
Taillandier
{Lettr.
Edit,
vii.
280),
Cornellle
[Grand
Diet.,
under
Fer)
may
be
consulted
about
this
tree,
called
the
holy
one.
Gonzalez
d'Oviedo
(11.
9)
says
it
dist-ils
water
through
its
trunk,
branches,
and
leaves^
which
resemble
so
many
fountains.
The
"
exaggerator
Jakson,"
says
Bory
de
St.
Vincent,
being
at
Fer
in
16
18,
saw
this
tree
dried
up
during
the
day,
but
at
night
yielding
enough
water
to
supply
the
thirst
of
8,000
inhabitants
and
100,000
other
animals.
According
to
this
authority,
it
was
distributed
from
time
immemorial
all
over
the
island
by
pipes
of
lead.
It
is
nothing
to
"
Jakson
"
that
lead
was
not
known
from
time
immemorial.
Viana
{Cant,
i.)
speaks
of
the
sacred
tree
as
a
sort
of
celestial
pump.'
Abreu.
Galuido
says
the
holy
tree
was
called
Garoe,
and
that
its
fruit
resembled
an
acorn,
that
its
leaves
were
evergreen,
and
like
those
of
a
^
Pliny,
Nat.
Hist.,
xxiii.
24.
^
p.
220.
^
Other
authorities
concerning
this
remarkable
drinking
fountain
are
Nieremberg
{Occult.
Fhilos.,
ii.
350),
Clavijo,
Cairasio,
and
Dapper.