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4. Are any difeafes caufed by the effluvia of 

 certain trees or plants, or is the touching, hand- 

 ling or cutting of trees or plants ever fuddenly 

 prejudicial to health ? Does the effluvia from 

 fpice trees or the frankincenfe tree prove dele- 

 terious ? 



5. What are the effe&s or fymptoms which 

 a rife from the bite of poifonous fnakes, or any 

 reptile or infect ? Has the bite of a fnake ever 

 been found to have a falutary effect in curing a 

 certain previous difcafe, or does the bite of one 

 fnake ever deftroy the effects of another ? Are 

 there any counterpoifons or antidotes ufual againft: 

 the bite of fnakes ? Is mufk or any fpecies of 

 the ariftolochias a remedy which the fnakes avoid 

 and fly from, or do any of thefe prove lethal to 

 fnakes ? 



6. Is the pedra de cobra ufed as an antidote 

 againft the effects of the bite of any fnake, and 

 with what fuccefs ? How is this remedy procured 

 and applied ? 



7. The manner of managing domeftic animals, 

 whether in health or otherwife. The animals 

 which the natives in any country caftrate, and the 

 effects produced by it; as well as the period when 

 fuch a cuftom was firft introduced. 



8. It would deferve remarking where and in 

 what manner polygamy is introduced, whether 

 perpetual or temporary, and the effects of it upon 

 the manners, religious or civil cuftoms, popula- 

 tion, Sec. of fuch countries. Does polygamy pre- 

 vent fome men from procuring wives, or are the 

 women brought fijom neighbouring nations ? Is it 



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