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experiment on two large dogs, and on a lamb ; and not one of them 

 died. 



July the 20th, he made a tight ligature on the right hinder leg of 

 a young rabbit, in order to see, if he could thereby prevent the 

 poison from penetrating too quick into the mass of blood. That 

 done, he put a drop of the poison of ticunas and lamas into a small 

 wound, which he made below the ligature: and the animal died in 

 less than two minutes. 



July the 22d, he poisoned the point of a sword with the same 

 poison 5 and with this sword he pierced the left thigh of a large 

 cat, which died in a minute, without shewing any signs of suf- 

 fering. 



July the 24th, after having introduced some of the same poison 

 into little wounds, made in the legs, and other parts, of several dogs, 

 cats, foxes, and horses, he immediately applied a red hot iron, or 

 burning charcoal, on the wounds: not one of these animals died : 

 but this operation must be performed very speedily. 



July the 30th, he pricked a great number of rats and mice in the 

 feet, with a lancet, after poisoning its point. They all died in less 

 than a minute, after being tormented with a frightful shivering, 

 which was immediately followed by an almost general palsy. The 

 same thing happened to moles, which he made use of for this expe- 

 riment. 



August the 6th, he made a small wound in the left hinder leg of 

 a pig, of three months old ; and then he put into it two drops of 

 the poison of ticunas ; this creature died in six minutes. He re. 

 peated this experiment on two young wolves, which died in the 

 same space of time. 



August the 7th, he cut off the tip of the ear of six puppies, and 

 rubbed the part with the poison of ticunas; not one of these animals 

 died of this operation. Two days after, he shaved the hair off of 

 their backs very close, and rubbed the part with the same poison ; 

 they all died in less than three minutes. 



The 10th, 11th, and 12th of the same month, into small wounds 

 made in different parts of the body of several dogs, cats, polecats, 

 Guinea-pigs, &c. he instilled seven or eight drops of blood, which 

 he drew from the vena cava of a dog, which he had killed with the 

 poison of ticunas mixed with that of lamas. These animals did not 



