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fix ; but I believe, none of them fo much ufed to mea- 
fure time as the 'Gentleman and I were, from our 
conftant making ufe of the half Minute, and quarter 
Minute Glafs at vSea, We could not fee where the 
Dog was bitten, nor any Blood : Upon which we or- 
dered feme hot Water to fcald the Hair off ; when 
we could find but one Pundfure, which look'd of a 
bluifh Green a little round it j it was jult between his 
fore Leg, and his Bread j where (when the Legs are 
diftended^ the Hair is much thinner than in fome 
other place?. 
Half an Hour after the firfl Bite we took a fecond 
Dog, which was fomewhat lefs, of a Liver-Colonr, 
and in like manner brought him over the Snake, 
which in a very little time bit his Ear, fo that we 
all faw it ; he yelpt very much, and Toon ihew'd the 
ligns of being very Tick, holding that Ear that was bit 
uppermoft. He reel’d and dagger’d about for fome 
time ; then he fell down, and druggl'd as if Convul- 
fed, and for two or three times got up, each time wag- 
ging his Tail, tho’ flowly, and attempting to follow a 
Negro-Boy, who ufed to make much of him. W e put 
him into a Clofet, and order’d the Boy to look alter 
him. 
About an Hour after the fecorid was bitten, we 
took the third Dog in like manner i The Snake bit 
him on the right fide of the Belly, about two Inches 
behind the long Ribs; for we faw he had drawn 
Blood there. The Dog at fird, I mean for about a 
Minute, feem’d not to be hurt ; fo we let him go, 
being one we could get again when we pleafed. For 
that Day we put up the Snake, imagining his Poifon 
was' very near, if not quite expended. 
In a little time after, which was jud two Hours af- 
ter the fecond Dog was bit, the Boy told us he was dead. 
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