fome poifonous Fijh in The South Sea. ' 547 
from fw alio wing any acrid fubftance) in the mouth and 
throat. About two in the afternoon, fome felt an un- 
ealinefs in the ftomach, with an inclination to vomit; 
but it was near the evening before thofe who buffered 
moft were affedted. The fymptoms at firft were univer- 
fal laffttude and weaknefs, followed by a retching; and 
in fome, by gripings and loolenefs. To thefe fucceeded 
a flufliing heat and violent pains in the face and head r 
with a giddinefs and increafe of weaknefs ; alfo a pain, 
or, as they expreffed it, a burning heat in the mouth and 
throat. Some had the mouth affedted in fuch a man- 
ner, that they imagined their teeth were loole; which 
might really be the cafe, as a confiderable lpitting at- 
tended this fymptom. The pulfe all this time was 
rather flow and low. • The retching and loofenefs 
did not lafl long ; but the pain and heat of the head 
were extended to the arms, hands, and legs. The pa- 
tients continued in this manner all the night, but with 
fome intervals of eafe. Towards the morning, the pains, 
efpecially thofe in the legs and arms, but more particu- 
larly about the knees, were feverer than before. Thefe 
would fometimes remit and frequently fliift, or be more 
violent in one place than in another. Sometimes the 
pain would remove fuddenly from the legs, and fix in the 
head; the palms of the hands were hot; and the fingers, 
legs, and toes, felt often as if benumbed: nay, the whole 
limbs became in fome meafure paralytic, the fick perfon 
being unable to walk unlefs fupported. Although there 
appeared no fwelling in the face, it might be obferved 
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