494 SUPPLEMENT. 



were both evidently better, and the violence 

 of every former fymptom promifed gradually 

 to fubiide; he foon took, and continued to 

 take, occalional fupplies of the bread and milk 

 well boiled, of thin confiftence, for the 

 purpofe. 



The glyfters v^ere repeated every four or 

 five hours, without remiffion, w^ith little vari- 

 ation in advantage and appearance, till ten 

 or eleven had been given, their good effefts 

 being plainly perceptible in every repetition ; 

 v^hen, after a fucceffion of fevere trials and 

 repeated {trainings for many minutes, one en- 

 tire mafs w^as voided, compofed of every kind 

 of extraneous fubftance fuch animal could 

 have been fuppofed to fwallow with food 

 during its puppy ifm. It clearly confifted of 

 grafs or hay, wonderfully matted or inter- 

 woven with hair, and particles of land or 

 gravel cemented together fo exceedingly hardy 

 that it might be fairly fuppofed to have been 

 prepared by art, and paffed through a mould 

 by fome inftrument or powerful prelTure. 



This extraordinary expulfion occafioned no 

 furprife y on the contrary, it removed every 



fufpenfe— 



