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cawau Poifon, are all Nibbees of dif- 

 ferent kinds ; but whether all, or in- 

 deed any more of them than the IV co- 

 ram are neceffary, or whether the effi- 

 cacy of the Poifon might not be farther 

 improved, I am uncertain : It is, how- 

 ever, already too fatal to be trufted in 

 the hands of any people, but thofe who 

 are in a ftate of nature, in which cri- 

 minal paffions are feeble and languid. 

 How the inilantaneous, fatal effe6ts of 

 this Poifon can refult from fo fmall a 

 portion as may be fuppofed to be left 

 by the point of an arrow immediately 

 extracted, is inexplicable : That it has 

 the power of diffolving the fluids, is 

 certain ; but I am far from thinking 

 that its fatal effedts are produced by any 

 fuch diflblution. The Indians ccnftantly 

 moiften the points of their Poifon-ar- 

 rows, when over dry, with the juice of 

 lemons, which tends to produce an op- 

 pofite efFed; and blood drawn from 



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