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great pain on the edges of its lips; it foamed at the mouth and 
rubbed it in the sand, or upon the grass, leaping about, passing its 
paws over its jaws, and exhibiting every symptom of excessive pain. 
I mounted my horse, and, in spite of its sufferings, the poor animal 
followed me as it was wont. After twenty minutes, when its sufferings 
were over, I had a piece of bread, which I gave it, and it ate it with 
appetite, swallowing it without any difficulty ; it only seemed to feel 
the pain on the edges of its mouth: it was well enough all day, and 
had evacuations which gave no indication that the Physalia had any 
influence over the digestive organs. Next day and the day following 
it was as well as usual, exhibiting no signs of inflammation either in 
the mouth or throat. 
“TV. On the zoth of the same month I took two ‘galleys’ on 
the sea-shore and cut them in pieces; then, with a spoon, I had them 
forced down the throat of a puppy which still sucked its mother ; 
this strong dose of Physalia had no effect upon it, the tentacles 
having probably been surrounded by the fleshy parts of the animal 
in dividing it, so as not to touch the mouth; it seems probable, 
therefore, that the internal mucus is capable of subduing the irri- 
tation, which is so distressing when applied to membranes exposed 
to the external air. We swallow some things with impunity, which 
we could not support in the mouth if the burning substance remained 
there. 
“V. TI havealso procured many ‘galleys ’ since these experiments, 
and, having placed them in aglass tube, left them to dry and had 
them pulverised ; twenty-five grains of this powder administered to a 
very young dog produced no deleterious effects. Twice this quantity 
administered to a young cat produced no more, nor has this surprised 
me ; for, if the fresh animal has no poisonous properties, how can it 
be supposed that drying the zoophyte can have increased its poisonous 
properties, if it really possesses them? On the contrary, it is more 
reasonable to suppose that, by desiccation, the deleterious principle 
from any animal, whether a Physalia or an Holothurion, should lose 
infinitely in its principle by evaporation, and by the changes that 
heat and air produce in the process of drying. 
“VI. Ihave had a ‘galley’ cut into pieces, and got a fat young 
chicken to swallow them. It caused no inconvenience. Three hours 
after, I had the chicken killed and roasted ; then I ate it, and made 
my servant eat it too. Neither of us experienced any inconvenience 
from it, a certain proof that it is not from eating Physalia that the fish 
becomes poisonous. 
“VII. I put twenty-five grains of powdered Physalia in a little 
