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dboiit half a miiiute, wheii he suddealy started^ 

 exterided his head and neck, stretched out his 

 exiremities, and falüug oa his side^ was violently 

 convulsed. 



His legs continued stiff, extended and tremb-, 

 ling. These syoiptoms coatinued with great 

 f ore e, 



Uatil the 8th minute, when they gradually di- 

 minished ; his respiration became interrupted | 

 he had occasional tvvitchings to the lUh nsiu-^ 

 Ute, when he died quietly. 



On dissection the contents of the abdomea 

 were found perfectly natural-— the stomach was 

 distended with food newly taken in. In the 

 Thorax the heart and lungs appeared natural— * 

 the aorta was almost emptj^ and on beingpunc- 

 tured a small quantity of blood ran out of a 

 dark colour : the ascendingand descending venas 

 cavae were distended with dark blood, which 

 being let out soon coagulated in the cavity of 

 the Thorax^, The brain was njost affected ; the 

 vessels were distended and inflamed, the sinuses 

 were filled with dark coloured blood. 



EXPERIMENT XX. 



A fowl nearly full g'rown was piercedthrough 

 the muscles of the thigh with an arrow armei 

 with T^hettik. 



