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u will not die in a long Time after, the general Say- 
u ing is, ’till the Sun Sets. After opening the Mouth 
“ on the other Side, and lifting up that Fang alfo fe- 
“ veral times, he endeavoured to give another Bite 
16 or "Champ. But I kept his Mouth open, and the 
i( Tooth pierced the Film, and emitted a Stream like 
“ one full of Blood, in Blood-letting, and caffc fome 
<< Drops upon the Sleeve of the Carpenter's Shirt, 
who had no Waftecoat on. I advifed him to pull 
u off his Shirt, but he would not, and received no 
harm j and though nothing could then be feen of 
“ it upon the Shirr, yet in wadfing there appear’d 
five green Specks, which every walking appear’d 
tc plainer and plainer, and laded fo long as the Shirt 
“ did, which the Carpenter told me was about three 
<c Years after. The Head we threw afterwards down 
“ upon the Ground, and a Sow came and eat it be- 
“ fore our Faces, and received no harm. Now I be- 
“ lieve, had this Poifon lighted upon any place 
“ of the Carpenter’s Skin, that was fcratched or hurt* 
cc it might have poifoned him. I take the Poifon to 
“ red in a fmall Bag or Receptacle in the Hollow 
“ at the Root of thefe Teeth, but I never had the 
“ Opportunity afterwards to make a farther Difco- 
“ very of that. 
“ I will likewife give you a Story of the violent 
Effects of this fort of Poifon, becaufe I depend oa 
« the Truth of it, having it from an Acquaintance. 
“ of mine of good Credit, one Colonel James Tay~ 
“ lor of Metapony , dill alive. He being with others 
“ in the Woods a Surveying, juft as they were ftand- 
ing to light their Pipes, they found a Rattle-Snake % 
<6 and cut off his Head, and about three Inches of the 
c j Body, 
