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very dirricult ; and, tho’ the weather Was very hot, 
there vifibly came out of their noftrils a vapour, like 
that which ifiues in winter in the time oTexpiration. 
A minute after, I obferved, that thefe horfes endea- 
vour’d to reft the fufpended leg on fomething : and, 
in another minute, I perceived the fore-leg, that 
refted on the ground, beginning to grow weak, and 
bend ; which occafion’d thefe animals, to fall for- 
ward, and rife up again, alternately, with more or 
lefs difficulty. In two minutes more, their hind-legs 
•grew weak, and bent under them, like the fore-legs $ 
and, in fine, thefe animals fell down like a dead 
lump, without being able to rife again, tho’ I whipp’d 
them heartily. Then their fides began to work, and 
the whole habit of the body was feized with a dread- 
ful horror. I whipp’d them, and prick’d them with 
a pin ; but in vain j for they gave no fign of feeling. 
All the mufcles of the trunk and extremities were 
become paralytic ; and none retained their adtion, but 
thofe of refpiration, and thofe of the ears and eyes. 
Thefe creatures continued in this condition about two 
minutes ; after which I obferved, that their refpira- 
tion grew fo operofe, that each infpiration confifted 
of three fucceffive attempts, and then followed a moft 
precipitate expiration, accompanied with fo violent 
an hiccup, that, the body bending double, the hind- 
legs were pulled quite to the fore-legs. In fine, this 
manner of taking in and letting out breath lafted one 
minute j in which time their eyes were darkened, and 
death enfued. 
I opened the dead bodies of thefe horfes, and ob- 
ferved as follows ; 
The 
