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ings of the muscles. In 15 minutes it began to retch, had an 
increased flow of saliva, and extended the tongue: the abdominal 
muscles acted violently, and at intervals were strongly contracted 
about the pelvis. In 20 minutes it was convulsed, very restless 
during the intervals, and made repeated efforts to vomit without 
throwing up any thing: the convulsions increased in frequency and 
violence until the 25th minute, when the animal died. 
Exper. 5.—A small dog was wounded in the usual manner in 
the muscles of the thigh with the simple unprepared milk of the 
antshar. From the moment of the puncture he continued barking 
and screaming incessantly eight minutes; he now extended his 
tongue, licked his jaws, was seized with twitchings of the extre- 
mities and with contractions of the abdominal muscles, and dis- 
charged the contents of his bowels. On the 10th minute he 
sprung up suddenly and barked violently, but soon became ex- 
hausted and laid down quietly on the ground. On the 12th minute 
he fell prostrate, was convulsed, after which having remained 
apparently motionless one minute, the convulsions recurred with 
greater force. On the 14th minute he died. 
On dissection all the vessels in the thorax were found excessively 
distended with blood. 
In the abdomen the stomach was almost empty, but distended 
with air and its internal coat covered with froth. The vessels of 
the liver were gorged with blood. 
Exper. 6.—A bird of the genus ardea, somewhat smaller than 
a fowl, was wounded in the'muscles of the abdomen with a dart 
covered with the unprepared milk of the antshar. On the sixth 
minute after the puncture it died, without exhibiting much of the 
effects of the poison, having been held in the hand to prevent its 
escape. ; 
Exper. 7.—A bird of the same genus (as employed in the last 
experiment) was wounded in the muscles of the, inferior part of 
the wing, with the unprepared milk of the antshaf, collected from 
a different tree in the province of Blambangan. In 15 minutes he 
threw up a yellow matter from his stomach and trembled. In 20 
minutes he died, having previously been convulsed. 
Exper. 8.—A mouse was punctured in the muscles of the fore- 
leg, near the articulation, with the prepared poison. He imme- 
diately shewed symptoms of uneasiness, running round rapidly, 
and soon began to breathe hastily. In five minutes his breathing 
was laborious and difficult, and on the sixth minute not being able 
to support himself, he lay down on his side. In eight minutes he 
was convulsed, and his breathing was slow and interrupted; the 
convulsions continued until the LOth minute, when he died. 
Exper. 9.—This experiment was made with the sap of the 
antshar, which I collected near the village of Porrong in Passoo- 
roowang, and prepared according to the process I had seen at 
Banjoowangee, with the spices above mentioned. As its object is 
to shew the relative action of the poison coliected in different parts 
