xl 
Able fontana on the 
The water of the Lauro-Cerafus is, therefore, a ftrong poifon 
' aen glv , en h J . ^ lc mouth > or introduced into the bodf L the 
^ -ann^i ot a gutter., its action is fo violent, and fo quick that 
its mouth aK C °t bSg - in - t0 t! - C moment 311 animal takes it into 
ts mouth ; certain it is, that it has fcarce entered the ftomach 
-rrflinaul? 1 ? *** "T* ^ * » how™^ 
very imaii uote& have do effecT that k - i * 3 
<-,11 * t , UiCU ’ LIiac lo ? a little drop mven to a 
cTTU p eT'r s s?®* 
1 V ^ 0 } a poiion or Tieunas would be fatal. But that 
I have (build, that a certain quantity of water put on the 
p;°a ™ *3° T id \ 1 .**» »- 
hna,I quantity. When „YS 
ame .leaves, and drawn off lucceflively, its a&ivity becomes 
tf Tnfte'd d f e K bUt ftl - 1! 13 UOt fufficient t0 t3 ke away life ; but 
Wa . ter ’ the infufio » kediftilled 
fU poifon and ’ h d ? l e - 1 U uor becomes then a moftpower- 
tui poxion, and proves fatal in a very fhort time T ‘ i - a 
porated by fire, would not only be eau/l in fJ P n! r’ 
poifon, but far exceed them all. But I referve this experiment 
for fome other occafion, when I ftall alfo fpeak of the bitted 
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the 
