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We thought his Poifon was not fpent; fo we got a 
Cat (for we could get no more Dogsj which he bit 
about an hour after, though I can’t fay wht re. The 
Cat was very fick, and we put her up in a Clofet : By 
fome means the Cat was let out in lefs than an Hour 
and a hall after fl'»e was bitten. The next Morning 
early Ihe w'as found dead in the Garden, and much 
fwoln ,* fo that no body cared to examine or fearch 
where llie was bit. 
About a quarter of an Hour after he had bitten the 
Cat, he bit a Hen twice : The Hen feem’d very Tick 
and drooping, and could not, or did not fly up to her 
•ufaal place of Rooft among the refl that Night; but 
the next Day flie feenid very well, and continued 
fo till Evening, when 1 order’d her to be Killed, 
and her Fearhers fcalded off; There were 2 Pun- 
dures in her Thigh, and a Scratch on her Breafl: 
over the Craw, ail which lookt livid. 
About a Week after, having got a large Bull-Frog, 
we brought that over him as ufual : He bit it u ith 
much force; fo that he feem’d to fallen for afmall 
fpace. TIi€ Frog died in two minutes or there- 
abouts. In lefs than a quarter of an Hour he bit a 
Chicken, which was hatcht the Feburary before, that 
died in 3 minutes ; I can’t fay where it was bit, 
and I was at a lofs to try any further Experiments 
for a long time, for want of proper Subjeds. Dogs 
and Cats were not to be had ; for the good Wo- 
men, whofe Dogs had been killed, exclaimed fo 
much, that I durfl not meddle with one after- 
wards. 
About the Middle of June I took him out ac- , 
cording to Cuflom, and having got a common 
black Snake, not of the of Viper-kind, about two^ 
and a half or near three Feet long, in good Health, 
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