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recovered breath, he cried out, ' Away with it ! What an 

 abomination ! Oh the hog ! My stomach turns ! ' In 

 fact, he felt so annoyed for at least an hour, that he re- 

 nounced for ever the pleasure of a habit which he said was- 

 only lit to amuse sluggards." 



Inveterate and immoderate snufF-taker as he- 

 was, surely he should have been content with 

 that enjoyment, and given the splendid Oriental 

 pipe to one of his brothers, to whom it would 

 have been a greater solace than the kingdom of 

 Spain or any other Napoleonic kingdom, as the 

 historic reader is aware. 



Such then is the first symptom of the poison ;. 

 but if the novice continues, his head gets heavy, 

 and a slight nausea disquiets his epigastrics. At 

 this stage he has effectually taken his dose. He 

 may then throw away his pipe or cigar, without 

 in the least preventing the crisis which must 

 inevitably ensue. His stomach continues to 

 exhibit with increasing intensity the symptoms- 

 of considerable derangement, his legs totter and 

 refuse to support him, a cold sweat bathes his- 

 thighs and his temples : he vomits copiously ; and 

 finally he faints — but to come to himself again in 

 due time, as it were out of his ashes, like the- 



