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or diforder in the head, one of theoi Was 

 feized with convulfions. The other two ran 

 home, and fent a furgeon to hini. The fur- 

 geon endeavoured firft to bleed, and then to 

 vomit him : but thofe endeavours werefruitr 

 lefs, and the foldier died in a very fliort 

 time. 



Ignorant yet of the caufe of their com- 

 rade's death, and of their own danger, they 

 gave of thefe roots to the other eight prifon- 

 ers, who all eat fome of them with their 

 dinner. The quantity could not be afcer- 

 tained. 



A FEW minutes after, the remaining two, 

 who gathered the plants, v^ere feized in the 

 fame manner as the firft, of which one died; 

 the other was bled, and a vomit with great 

 difficulty forced down, on account of his 

 jaws being, as it were, locked together. 

 This operated, and he recovered, but he 

 was for fome time aifcded with a glddinefs 

 in his head : and it is remarkable that he 

 was neither Cck, or in the leaft difordered 

 in his ftomach. The other eight, being bled 

 and vomited immediately^ were fecured frorn 



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