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311 all the voins, and causos au fxcessivebnrning, 

 and violent tuniini;' in the head^ which is fol- 

 iowed bv fainfing" and death. 



The poison (acCordiiig to the same" author) 

 possesses different degrees of vioience accordiiig 

 to i(s age and state of preservation. 



The most powerful is called Oopas Radja 

 and its effccts are considered as incurable ; the 

 other kinds are distributed among the soldiers 

 on jz:eing to war. AftfT having proved mortal 

 to many of the Dutch soldiers in Amboina and 

 Macassar, they iinallj discovered an almost infal- 

 lible remedy in therootof the Crinum Asiaticura 

 (called by Rnmphius Radix Toxicaria) which 

 if tiniely applied, countcracted by its violent 

 emetic effect, the force of the Oopas. 



An intelligent Javanese at Baiijoowangie in- 

 formed me, that a number ofyears ago, an inha- 

 bitant of that district was wounded in a clan- 

 destirie manner by an sirrow tlirown from a blow 

 pipe, in the fora arm near the articulation of the 

 elboWe In about 15 rainutes hebecame drowsy, 

 after which he was seized with voruiting, be- 

 came delirious^ -aud in h'ss ihan balf an hour 

 he died. 



Ff om the experiment s above relat ed on dif- 

 ferent quadrupeds, we niav form an analogous 

 estimate of ils prububle eü'ctts en man. 



