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violable the laws which, they had framed for their own 

 common benefit and protection, they had a right to 

 consider as foes those who treated them as outlaws. 

 Under this impression they drew the sword, and rushed 

 on as though in lawful war, and divided the spoils of 

 victory in the scale of justice. 



After leaving St. Thomas's, a severe ter- 

 Thomal^ and tian a gue, every now and then, kept putting 

 L'tertlan^e the traveller in mind that his shattered 

 England 1118 10 ^ rame ? " starting and shivering in the incon- 

 stant blast, meagre and pale, the ghost of 

 what it was," wanted repairs. Three years elapsed 

 after arriving in England, before the ague took its final 

 leave of him. 



During that time several experiments were 



Exp en- ° A 



mentsinLon- made with the wourali poison. In London 



don of the 



wourali poi- an ass was inoculated with it, and died in 

 twelve minutes. The poison was inserted 

 into the leg of another, round which a bandage had 

 been previously tied a little above the place where the 

 wourali was introduced. He walked about as usual, 

 and ate his food as though all were right. After an 

 hour had elapsed, the bandage was untied, and ten 

 minutes after, death overtook him. 



A she-ass received the wourali poison in the shoulder, 

 and died apparently in ten minutes. An incision was 

 then made in its windpipe, and through it the lungs 

 were regularly inflated for two hours with a pair of 

 bellows. Suspended animation returned. The ass held 

 up her head, and looked around; but the inflating 

 being discontinued, she sunk once more in apparent 

 death. The artificial breathing was immediately recom- 

 menced, and continued without intermission for two 



