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Froin tlifi oOth minuto it begaii to revive, all 

 the effects gradiüillj went oQ\ and 



On tlie 60th minute it was apparently well. 



EXPERIMENT XXV. 



The folio wing experiment was made at Soora- 

 karfa in the nionth of March of the pregent year 

 ISl''^, nearly six year? after the collection of the 

 Oopas in Blambangan. 



A dog of middling size was woundcd in the 

 muscles of the thi^h, with a dart which havino: 

 been dipt into the Oopas was exposed half an 

 hour to the open air^, to give the poison time to 

 become drj. 



During the first two minufes bc stood quiet, 

 and bis appearance onlj exhibited the pain pro- 

 duced by the wound. 



On the 3d minute he was drowsj. 



In 5 minutes he began to tremble violently 

 and to reel. 



On the 7th minute he feil down head foremost 

 and was convulsed, bis cxtremities being stiffly 

 extended : nnable to raise himself again, the 

 convulsions continned with excessive violence 

 till the 9th minute, when he dicd. 



