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was bathed again, to make fure of his Cure He re* 
maind perfe&ly well without any Symptoms enftr 
ing, and was alive and well a Year after. Another. 
Widgeon was like wife bit under the Wing at the fame 
Time as the 'Dog > but by a frefh Viper 3 the Oil was 
immediately applied hot, and rubbed well in, and 
the Feathers of the Wing were thoroughly wetted 
with it. This Bird did not feem at all diforderedr 
with the Venom, but eat foon after, and was found 
well the next Morning, without any remarkable In- 
flammation or Swelling about the Part. The hot Oil 
was rubbed in again for two or three Days, twice a 
Day, and the Bird continued well, fo that the Viper - 
catchers carried it with them out of Town in Tri- 
umph, having never before experienced the Efficacy 
of their Remedy on fo fmall an Animal 5 which, as 
it receives the fame Quantity of Venom by a Bite as a 
larger one doth, is more liable to die under, it 5 and they 
kept it alive above three Months, when they killed it 
and eat it. They faid that they had experienced their 
Remedy to take Effed on Cows :, Horfes> and 'Dogs , 
ten Hours after, being bit 3 but that for themfelves, 
who are frequently bitin the Fields, as they catch the 
Viper s y they always carry a Vial of Sallad-Oil 
along with them, that,, as foon as they perceive them- 
felves wounded, they without any Lofs of Time 
bathe the Part with it 3 and if it be the Heel, they 
wet the Stocking thoroughly with it 3- if the Finger, 
which happens ofteneft, they pour fome of it into 
that Finger of their Glove, which they immediately 
put on again, and thus never feel any farther Incon- 
venience from the Accident, not even fo much as 
from the. Sting of a common Bee . Perhaps it may 
be. 
