i^OÏSOK TTlEE OF JAVA. hS 



ll«ad-forernost and continned in convulsions iill 

 death ensued. 



This poison aifects Fowls in a mucli more 

 violent manner tban that of tlie Antshar, as ap- 

 pears from the SOtli and 2Ist Experiment; they 

 are first affected by a heat and itching of the 

 breast and wings^ wbich they shew by violently 

 picking these parts ; this is foliowed by a loose 

 discharge from the bowels, v/hcn they are seiz- 

 ed with tremors and fiüttering of the wings, 

 %vhicli having continued a short time^ they fall 

 down head-foremost^ and continue convulsed 

 tiil death. I have related such experimenls as 

 shew the gradual operation of the poison: in 

 some instances (especially in young Fowls) it 

 acts with far greater rapidity; death bas fre- 

 quently occurred within the spacc of a minute 

 after the puncture with a poisoned dart. 



It appears from the 22d Experiment^ that the 

 simple iinmixed decoction of the bark of the 

 root of the Tshettik is nearly as aetive as the 

 poison prepared according to the process above 

 related. 



The 24th Experiment shcws plainly^ that the 

 tesinous portion of the biirk is by no means sa 

 aetive as the particles soluble in water; a Fowl 



