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We afked many queftions refpe&ing the 

 poifon ufed upon the arrows, but M. Hey ne- 

 rmann did not feem to have poflefled himfelf 

 of the fecret. He defcribed it as a compound 

 of the juices of three different plants ; but he 

 did not feem to have corre&iy afcertained the 

 mode of preparing it ; nor do we learn that 

 it has ever been prepared by any European ; 

 although fome travellers have defcribed it with 

 a degree of precifion, which might feem to 

 imply a full and correal knowledge of its com- 

 pofition. It is a vegetable extract, and we are 

 informed that it is undoubtedly prepared from 

 feveral plants, fometimes more, and fometimes 

 lefs in number, but whether in either cafe, all 

 that are ufed are neceffary to the efficacy of 

 the poifon is a dubious queftion. Its fatal 

 effects are certain and almoft inftantaneous, 

 provided the minuted particle of it mixes 

 with the blood,— You already know that a 

 quantity of this poifon has been carried to 

 England, and that experiments made with it 

 in London, have proved the certainty and 

 rapidity with which it deftroys animal life. 



M. Heytiemann gave us a plentiful din* 

 rier, and fweetened its flavour with an unaf- 



