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ffpr<"i-»ry n^p'^'intpfl for the purpose, brfjrn anv prrniis- 

 felon Tdi )iurial i-; yi »< tn t. 



It lu y l)e iijiiiiktH th:i( 'h\< qti r.iion nf >o nnih 

 iMipo'ttHMCM is,*n'\!^iif'liitij !«» »1»< DutlK,' vHS'vHjiiiu rrin% !• 

 )v >i('Hil wiili iti the f'lili'iiy. H'j•■^■^^ys'^••"'^'^ !;ni ,i jritirV 

 di' s, < (i' ji;^ itn-rwlio jukI iu Aviuit cliS- ot" ilic i(i i- 



nilldmu I'll, wiih one of ill'* trlalVuw -.vfilKr rii <•;!>■ il 

 h III r litions, or a'oiu' it' h • ha ^ tjoU'i-, o (lu- I ffic-f i if 

 til'- Civi Suitiis where th'V nirik-'itt'y dt^rl. liiti .n ih. y 

 pli'HSP a< to :he hniiv Jit wUich ilu* dpntli • n u i A. n d 

 its Kt tliitt o ly (IS no <itl> r ({insii m is piit to (Ik lii. All 

 i^ th -M di) If and the e nth Will ifcetve mic iii'if vi y.. 

 V z: th It (Mirpsp, or thiit Imdy ! f)r do \iiu kn. w. tlip 

 1) (tor exclarns. nf it is uii'y d.- 1 i in appr.ir.uicf, • r f 

 h is (III y in a «tiite uf lelhtiigy, ur thi; \iiiini«,f mi 

 o litMis I rime ? 



I)r li-f^ii III I adduces a nnmhpr of prxfsin snpprrt 

 of his as<eitioii, and even cites a c;i'e whith hH,.pei{'l 

 in Maiititius, a yonn^ imd beamiful anress wh • was 

 buried whilst probably in a state of lethargy, sii.ce, 

 ttp(»'i some supicion thit sbe bad been poisoned, wheu 

 tbe body Was t»ken np, it was found in a position 

 whirb sh< wed that tbe imfirtiiliate woman had writhed 

 jji V iu ftfuits and had.-ConAulsnely bitten one of her 

 oTnis. ■ '. . * 



Di-. Ch. Rpfrnaud afipr ^itin? spveral para^mpb-i ».f 

 thn .xistin'Lf laWs on burial-, of wh'ch tlu m asures iip- 

 pear lo bun to be in<uffi(ient, su^<;' sts, at the end u( 

 bi- paper these wbi< b appear to iiiin necessary to avoid 

 all dungers and to attain the u' jetts he propus. s. 



Mr. Eng. TiPflpziolia« ootnmnnioatpd several pxtrnrts 

 fj-om tbe /{eciic scieiifi^qui! iiu<\ l\<e Pri:!>)Se u(\n-{ April^ 

 C'll inj; pniilc atienluni to tbe suere>-fiil us" if stejita 

 in • xiiii<;nis'iitij» Hres, a meihol diii^overed a fov ye. ra 

 Bgo hy Mr I)oj.ir<bn of Lille. 



On the propo iiiun of the flon. O f ropier, thp S >- 

 ciely re-fdved ih.t.ib ^'e •^'Xtrarls '^vliieb ai)|ie,iri>l td 

 tbeni to be of very ii^reat interest, should he l.ii i het'ire 

 IH> Exfepeii'y the Oowrnor wllb iheco viclion that 

 should ibis method of tXtinguiishiug firbi bc il-ally tf. 



