1 1 S The Triumphal Chariot of A ntimony. 



that I have by no means exhausted the 

 subject. 



This much, however, I have proved 

 beyond a possibility of doubt that 

 Antimony not only purifies gold, and 

 frees it from all foreign matter, while it 

 also ameliorates all other metals, but it 

 does the same for animal bodies, as re- 

 gards both men and brutes. I may 

 illustrate this by a simple experiment. If 

 a man wishes to fatten a pig, let him 

 give to the pig, two or three days before 

 he begins to fatten it, half a drachm of 

 crude Antimony, so as to cause a thorough 

 cleaning out of the bowels ; the pig will 

 then eat more freely, fatten more quickly, 

 and be freed from any bilious or leprous 

 disease to which he may be subject. 



This illustration may seem some- 

 what unpolished and unsavoury to the 

 great ; but it has the strong recom- 

 mendation of being familiar and apposite, 

 and of rendering the matter really clear 

 to the general body of my readers. Of 

 course, I do not advocate that crude Anti- 

 mony should be administered to human 



