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nal furfag^ was ppt inflamfii,' except. ir> a 

 fmall degree ne^r. the, pyloBS, an4. wher^^ 

 number of botts were cluflered. The lungs 

 appqared. remarkably full qf.:b)po4>/f ^3 the 

 fmall veffels upon their fuifacebeing^/as;rili- 

 ble as if^they h^d .been injedied with red 

 ,wax. 



By expicriments made on various animals 

 it appears, that the water of lauro-cerafus is 

 extremely dangerous ; and whether we con- 

 fider the certainty of its effedls, or the cele- 

 rity of its operation, it is as wonderful. a 

 poifon as any we have heard of, not e^ccptr 

 ing that with which the Indians prepare their 

 arrows. Given by the mouth, or injected 

 into the redum, its operation is equally 

 certain, and it ads the moment it touches 

 the flomach, or is received into the inteflines. 



Three tea fpoonfuls of laurel water con- 

 veyed into. the flomach of an eel, killed it in 

 a few minutes ; and it is well known that 

 eels will live fome tima-after their heads, are 

 cut off. It is equally mortal to fmall ani- 

 mals, if applied to wounds of the mufcles, 

 and death is as certainly the confequence, as 



if 



