ter has been found to be of considerable service in symptoms of defective digestion, and derangement of the alimentary organs. A judicious use of this simple remedy will often relieve the heart-burn, flatulency, and sickness; it will increase the appetite, animate the spirits, and improve the health. At first, however, it sometimes occasions a diarrhœa, which is rather salutary than detrimental. It also affords great relief, when taken internally, in painful disorders of the bladder and kidneys; and has likewise been recommended in cases of the gout; but, when taken for these complaints, Dr. Denman advises the addition of some aromatic tincture.
As an external application in the gout, Buxton water is sometimes of service, though the bath itself is more likely to restore the functions of the parts afflicted with this disease. In all cases of active inflammation, the use of these waters should be carefully avoided, on account of their supposed heating properties. A full course consists of two glasses, each containing one-third of a pint, before breakfast; which quantity should be repeated between breakfast and dinner. It is seldom administered as a medicine in the evening; but, as the inhabitants of the place use it for their common drink, and also for most of their domestic and culinary purposes, the invalid is apt to take a much greater quantity than is prescribed, and thus to defeat the purpose. In chronic cases, a long residence on the spot is requisite, to ensure the desired effect.
In the year 1773, a treatise on the virtues of these waters was written by Dr. T. Percival, of Manchester; since which period several pamphlets have appeared on the subject: among these we shall mention only those of Dr. Denman; Dr. Higgins, and Dr. Pearson.
BUZZARD, or the Buteo, a species of the Falco, or eagle, is the most common of the hawk-kind in England. It breeds in large woods, and lays two or three eggs, which are either perfectly white, or spotted with yellow. This bird is of a sluggish and inactive disposition, as it will remain perched upon the same bough for many hours, and is generally found in one place. It feeds on small birds, rabbits, moles, and mice; but it will also eat frogs, worms, and insects. The colour of the buzzard is various: the breast and belly of some are brown, but more frequently the former is of a yellowish white, with oblong rust-coloured spots: the back of the head, neck, and coverts of the wings, are of a deep brown, edged with a pale, rust colour; the tail is barred either with black, or ash colour.
There is another species, the æruginosus, or moor-buzzard, with a greyish body, and yellow legs. It makes its nest in a tuft of grass, or among rushes, is a fierce and voracious bird, and a great destroyer of rabbits, young ducks, and other water-fowl.
