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a frightful tremor. All this while the animal made 
no noiSe : in fine, his head fell alfat once between his 
fore legs, and he died in four minutes after the in- 
fertion of the poifon. 
June the twelfth, I made the fame experiment on 
two other [cats, and on three dogs : thefe animals 
feem’d to fall fick almoSl in an inftant : the cats had 
their hair bridled up, and their bodies gather’d into 
a heap : they fcratched the ground with their fore- 
feet. The dogs did the fame, and all of them had 
a languishing look, and their eyes bathed in tears 
fornc of them looked at me SledfaSlly, and made a 
mournful noife : they were Seized with a Shivering, 
and, in fine, they became paralytic in their feet 
only ; after which they died, turning their head very 
quick to the right and left, with their mouth wide 
open. During this fcene, I perceived a fpafmodic 
contra&ion in all the mufcular parts of the neck. 
The fifteenth of July I pricked a hawk in the left 
claw: into the pundture I introduced a fmall drop 
of the poifon of Ticunas mixt with that of Lamas, 
and then fet the creature at liberty. From that mo- 
ment it was impoSfible for him to fly ; the molt he 
could do was to perch on a Slick, which was within 
fix inches of the ground. There he Shook his head 
feveral times, as if to get rid of fomething that feem’d 
troublefome in his throat. His eyes were reSllefs, 
and his feathers were all briftledmp. In fine, after fe- 
veral gapings, his head fell all at once between his 
legs, and he died thus with his wings expanded. The 
time he fpent in dying was three minutes from the 
infcrtion of the poifon. I repeated this experiment 
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