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the Wourali poison was used before a crowded 

 audience. The process tried was nearly the 

 same as that which I have described in the 

 Wanderings, when the ass (which was called 

 Wouralia ever after) was operated upon until 

 it was apparently dead, and then restored— 

 after which it lived at Walton Hall for four and 

 twenty years in excellent health* 



On this occasion in Nottingham, two asses 

 received the poisoned spike in the shoulder ; 

 and after yielding under the pressure of its 

 destructive powers, they were both restored by 

 the process of artificial respiration. The first 

 trial was a very long one; and the operator, 

 my worthy friend Mr. Sibson, exerted himself 

 in a manner that astonished all the company. 

 The artificial respiration was kept up for 

 seven hours, before the prostrate animal ex- 

 hibited the least symptom of returning motion ; 

 and that was first observed in a momentary 

 quiver of the eyelid. This ass died I think on 

 the third day after the experiment. But cir- 

 cumstances had intervened, to the influence of 

 which, its death might in part be attributed. 

 The second case occupied a much shorter space 

 of time, and was quite successful. The ass is 

 still alive. 



