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Let us report our own experiments,” continues M. Ricord-Madiana. 
. L I had placed a ! galley ’ in the sun, in order to dry and pulverize 
A nest of ants were there who devoured the whole of it. Now, 
persons in the islands think that these insects will not touch 
v eo.o: 
>m °us fishes. 
Ih Another ‘ galley,’ which I had left on the table in my laboratory, 
''' iw attacked by a number of great flies, who deposited their eggs 
there 
these were duly hatched, and the larvae fed on the decomposed 
*°¥iyte. 
i hil. On the 12th of July, 1823, I saw on the sands in the Bay 
Wee Q Saint Mary and La Goyave, at Guadaloupe, many Physalia 
gently cast ashore. Having a dog with me, with the assistance of 
tQy 
fili 
, Se rvant, I made him swallow the freshest of them, with all its 
. tentacles, pushing it down his throat, while my servant held 
ni °uth open ; five minutes after, the dog exhibited symptoms of 
. Pain on the edges of its lips, it foamed at the mouth and rubbed 
it Jvj j I ° L ' , 
. ‘he sand, or upon the grass, leaping about, passing its paws over 
l a Ws, anfi exhibiting every symptom of excessive pain. I mounted 
! , and, in spite of its sufferings, the poor animal followed me 
its 
horse. 
it 
was wont. After twenty minutes, when its sufferings seemed 
s 6r ’ * had a piece of bread which I gave it, and it ate it with appetite, 
“Wall 
0 ° Wl ug it without any difficulty ; it only seemed to feel the pain 
Lie edges of its mouth : it was well enough all day, and had 
hfl, 
it 
,e Uatio; 
ns 
which gave no indication that the Physalia had any 
0 o Next day, and the day following, 
% as as usual, exhibiting no signs of inflammation either in 
“tV^h ° r throat. 
Sea-r ’ ^ le ^Oth of the same month, I took two ‘galleys’ on the 
f 0ree 0re a nd cut them in pieces ; then, with a spoon, I had them 
this, 6 Cl0Wn tlie throat of a puppy, which still sucked its mother ; 
s r °ng dose of Physalia had no effect upon it, the tentacles having 
oen surrounded, by the fleshy parts of the animal in dividing 
? 0ta %h 
> So i 
lute aS II0 ^ t° touch the mouth : it seems probable, therefore, that the 
<fi s t* na ! mucous is capable of subduing the irritation, which is so 
\y 0SS1U S when applied to membranes exposed to the external air. 
i n |p' Va ^°w some things with impunity, which we could not support 
(1 y m °uth if the burning substance remained there. 
• I have also procured many ‘ galleys ’ since these experiments, 
