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THE ASS WOURALIA. 



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There she fed on an excellent pasture in summer, 

 and was always well sheltered from the cold and 

 piercing blasts of each succeeding winter. Thus 

 did poor Wouralia pass her days in peace and 

 plenty, till Friday evening, the 15th instant, when 

 she laid her down for the last time, to rise no 

 more — having survived the operation nearly five 

 and twenty years. 



Wouralia has been of use to science ; for on her 

 it has been proved that there is one remedy — and 

 perhaps only one — for wounds received from the 

 poisoned arrows of the Indians. 



This poison appears to be so narcotic in its 

 nature, and so gentle in its operation, that the 

 victim is supposed not to be in pain, when dying 

 under its influence. 



Several of our scientific gentlemen are strongly 

 of opinion that the application of Wourali poison 

 would prove successful in cases of hydrophobia and 

 of locked jaw. 



We have Mr. W^aterton's directions to state that 

 he has the identical poison from which a portion 

 was taken, in 1814, to make the experiment on the 

 ass. Having lately had occasion to send a little of 

 it to Paris — on opening the ball of wax in which it 

 is contained, he found it in primest order, although 

 it has been in our climate upwards of five and 

 twenty years. 



Should any animal betray positive symptoms of 

 hydrophobia, Mr. Waterton would willingly try the 

 effect of the Wourali poison on it ; and should one 

 of our own species labour under a confirmed locked 



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