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AN ESSAY 



OM TME OOFAS 



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POÏSON TREE OF JAVA, 



ADDRESSED TO THE HONORABLE 



THOBIAS STAMFOJRÖ RAFFI.ES 



LIEUTENANT &OVERNOR. 



BY THOMAS HORSFIELD, M. D. 



COMMUNICA.TED TO THE SOCIETY bT TUE PREStDE2^T. 



JL HAVE proposed to myself in the followins' Es- 

 say, to offer }ou a short account of the Oopas 

 of Java. I feel some satisfaction in beiiig able, 

 at a time when every subject relating; to this 

 Island hasacquired adegree of interest, to furnish 

 yon with a faithful description of the tree, made 

 by myself on the spot where it irrows, and fo 

 rehite its effects on the animal system bv experi- 

 ments personally instituted and superintended ; 

 and I üatter myself that the practical informa- 



