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ceptible, and without any apparent tu- 

 mefaction but the wench, whom I 

 faw within a few minutes after the ac- 

 cident happened, which was in Novem- 

 ber 1763, complained of being exceffive 

 cold, tho' the weather was very hot, 

 and had a violent fliivering like the par- 

 oxyfin of an ague, with a quick, weak, 

 tremulous, and fcfnetimes intermitting 

 pulfe, lometimes yawning and ftretch- 

 ing, and frequently gafping for breath. 

 I was wholly unacquainted with the na- 

 ture of the poilbn, or its antidotes, hav - 

 ing been but a few months in this part 

 of America. Warm cardiacs, however, 

 feemed to be indicated by the fymptoms 

 which externally appeared, by which 

 alone my conjectures were governed, a£ 

 ftie had lately been purchafed from a 

 flave fhip, and was unable to commit 

 nicate her complaints in any language 

 intelligible to an European. I therefore 

 diredled the fide, which was confider- 



R 2 ably 



