éB AN El^SAY ON TXtE OOPAS, OU 



most active, after ha ving adhered twenty-foiïr 

 Lcurs to the weapon ; if applied in a fiuid state, 

 ii does not enter the wound in sufücient quan- 

 tity to produee its effects, but in the attempt io 

 thriist it through the muscles^ it separates itself 

 from the dart, and adheres externallj to the in* 

 tegunfients. 



The operation of the two different poisons oa 

 the aniïiial sjstem is essentially different, 



The first 17 experiments were made with the 

 Antshar; the rapidity of its effect depends in a 

 great degree on the size of the vessels woundedj, 

 and on the quant ity of poisou carried into the 

 circulation. 



In the first experiment it induced death in 

 26 minutes, — in the second, which was made 

 with the sap collected in Poogar, in 13 mi- 

 nutes. The poison from different parts of the 

 Island has been found nearly eqiial in activity. 



In the 9th experiment, (with the poison fro'm 

 Passooroowang, ) death foliowed in 29minutes. 



The comvnon train of symptoms is, a trem» 

 bling and shivering of the extremities, restlcss- 

 ness, erection of the hair, discharges from the 

 bowels, drooping and faintness, slight spasms^ 

 and convulsions, hasty breathing, an increased 



