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FIRST sible, you are sure to carry off some of the poison. 



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Though three minutes generally elapse before the 

 convulsions come on in the wounded bird, still a 

 stupor evidently takes place sooner, and this stupor 

 manifests itself by an apparent unwillingness in 

 the bird to move. This was very visible in a 

 dying fowl. 



Having procured a healthy full-grown one, a 

 short piece of a poisoned blow-pipe arrow was 

 broken off, and run up into its thigh, as near as 

 possible, betwixt the skin and the flesh, in order 

 that it might not be incommoded by the wound. 

 For the first minute it walked about, but walked 

 very slowly, and did not appear the least agitated. 

 During the second minute it stood still, and be- 

 gan to peck the ground ; and ere half another 

 had elapsed, it frequently opened and shut its 

 mouth. The tail had now dropped, and the 

 wings almost touched the ground. By the termi- 

 nation of the third minute, it had sat down, scarce 

 able to support its head, which nodded, and then 

 recovered itself, and then nodded again, lower and 

 lower every time, like that of a weary traveller 

 slumbering in an erect position ; the eyes alter- 

 nately open and shut. The fourth minute brought 

 on convulsions, and life and the fifth terminated 

 together. 



The flesh of the game is not in the least injured 

 by the poison, nor does it appear to corrupt sooner 

 than that killed by the gun or knife. The body 



