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Vflih some grains of tlie rice witli which it was 

 convcved. In the Thorax the lungs wcre still 

 florid, the venae cava* much distended., the aorta 

 nearl V empty ; beiii^ puactured the bloüd flow- 

 ed out of a dark hue. 



On exposing to view the brain, the dura ma- 

 ter was nearly natural, onlv the lari^er vesselg 

 somewhat more distended than usual : the ves- 

 sels of the brain itself indicated a slight degree 

 of inflammation. 



REMARK.S 0\ THE EXPERIMENTS. 



I have selected froni a large number of ex-^ 

 perimr'nts, those on\y which are particularly de- 

 monstrative of the effects of the Antshar and of 

 the Tshettik when introduced into the circula- 

 tion. The poison was always applied by a 

 pointod dart or arrow m ide of bamboo, The 

 extr^mity to which the poison adhered was 

 corapletely spear-shaped, ab;)ut aü inch long, 

 and a line and an half broad near the middle of 

 its length. 



When I contemp]afed an experiment, the dart 

 was dipt into the fluid poison which I preserve 

 in closed vessels. It is necessary to give it some 

 time to become dry and fixed upoo the 

 dart. I fouud byjrepeated trials the poisoa 



