What was Waterton's connection to the deadly poison - curare?

Waterton wrote that one of the main aims of his journey in 1812 was "to collect a quantity of the strongest wourali poison". This was made by the Amerindians from ingredients taken from the forest and used by them to tip their arrows for both the blowpipe and the bow. Today it is usually called curare.

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