Note 72 — Chapter III · REBELLION OF THE MORISCOES.

This poison was extracted from the aconite, or wolf's-bane, that grew rife among the Alpujarras. It was of so malignant a nature that the historian assures us that, if a drop mingled with the blood flowing from a wound, the virus would ascend the stream and diffuse itself over the whole system! Quince-juice was said to furnish the best antidote.—Mendoza, Guerra de Granada, tom. i. pp. 73, 74.