2S AN ESSAY ON THE OOPAS^ OR' 



He immediatelj sbevved sjmptoms of uoeasi- 

 HesSj running round rapidij and soon began to 

 fereathe hastilj. 



ïn 5 minutes liis breathing was laborioiis and 

 difficuit^ and on the 6tli naniite not being able 

 to support hiniself, he lay down on bis side. 

 Ie 8 rainutes be was convulsed and bis breatb- 

 ing was slow and interrupted ; the convulsions 

 continued until tbe lOtb minute, wbenhe died. 



EXPERIMENT IX. 



Tbis experiment was made witb tbe sap of 

 tbe Antsbar wbicb ï collected near the viila2:e 

 of Porrong in Passooroowang, and prepared ac-^ 

 cordiog to the process ï had seen at Banjoo- 

 waogee^ witb the spices above raentioned. As 

 its object is to sbew the relative action of tbe 

 poison coiiected in different paris of tbe Island, 

 (and as it generalij agrees witb tbe Ist and 2d 

 cxperirnents^ ) I sball onlj mention its cbief 

 gtages, 



In one minute after tbe puncturC;, tbe aninial 

 beo-an to sbiver and bis skin was contracted. 



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In 5 minutes be extended bis tonguc and 

 beii'an to retcb. 



In 8 minutes be trcmbled violcntly. 

 On tbe 2 Ist minute he vomited. 



