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near as much more, which I endeavour’d to pour down 
his Throat. Some of the Company defired he might 
be fet down, to fee what Effect fo fmall a Quantity 
would produce : He remained about a Minute and half 
on his Legs; he then began to reel, and in about three 
Minutes more fell into moft violent Convulfions, and 
his Neck and Tail were ftrongly drawn toward each 
other ; he neither vomited nor purged, but we ex- 
petted he would expire every Minute, the Convulfi- 
ons being fo exceedingly ftrong, when fome of the 
Company call’d for fome Milk, in order to try whe- 
ther it would prove an Antidote to fo defperate a 
Poifon. We poured a little Milk into his Throat,, 
which at firft he could not fwallow, but guggled it 
up again as if almoft ftrangled with it. After feveral 
Trials he began to fwallow fome, about a fpoonful at 
a time, and feemed a little relieved, his Convulfions 
leaving him, only fetching his Breath very hard ; bur 
he lay ftill and fnorted, as if in a profound Sleep ; 
and the Milk frothed out of his Nofe: On rouzing 
him, he opened his Eyes, and fwallowed the Milk 
better, which feemed to revive him much ; fo that 
the Company imagining he would entirely recover, 
went away. I ftaid fome time longer, till at laft he 
began to lap the Milk himfelf when held up to it: 
He vomited up a pretty deal of Milk, which relieved 
him more; and then hfe lapped again, but could not 
{land on his Legs. I left him in this Condition about 
feven o’Clock, thinking he would have recovered, 
and left Orders that he fhould have a Pan of Milk, 
and another of Water, about a Pint of each, fet by 
him, and that he fhould be kept {hut up all Night. 
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