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the wood of Cokarito are dipped there- 

 in, to which the poifon, when cold, ad- 

 heres, appearing like a gum of a brown 

 reddifh colour. The pieces of wood 

 are then put into large hollow canes, 

 clofed at the ends with fkins, and in 

 this manner the poifon is preferved until 

 it is wanted to invenom the point of an 

 arrow, at which time it is either dif- 

 folved in water, and the points of ar- 

 rows dipped in the folution ; or the 

 wood to which it adheres is held over 

 the fire until it melts, and the points of 

 arrows are then fmeared with it. The 

 fmalleft quantity of this poifon, con- 

 veyed by a wound into the red blood - 

 vefTels of an animal, caufes it to expire 

 in lefs than a minute, without much ap- 

 parent pain or uneafinefs though flight 

 convulfions are fometimes feen near the 

 inftant of expiration. 



U Mr. 



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