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once tasted food from the time his former associate was killed. 
A gentleman who witnessed the circumstance assured me that 
nothing could be more affecting than the whole demeanour of 
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this poor horse.” 
We conclude our remarks, by strongly recommending this little 
book to our readers. The author has clearly shewn, 
“ There are in thee, 
Instructive book of Nature ! many leaves 
Which yet no mortal has perused.” 
The more we study and investigate the works of Nature, the 
more reason shall we have to admire the various demonstrations 
of the Creator’s wisdom in the comparative order and harmony 
of each of them, however insignificant they may appear to us. 
We are led to see that the minutest things in nature are appoint¬ 
ed to some particular end and purpose ; and that the Deity is 
as conspicuous in the structure of a fly’s wing, as he is in the 
foot of a horse, the hand of man, or in the bright globe of the 
sun itself. 
The farther we carry our inquiries and researches into the 
book of Nature, the more shall we be delighted with its study; 
for K. 
Poisoning with Arsenic. 
Two men were lately examined at Bow r Street, on a charge of poisoning 
a pair of carriage horses with arsenic. The animals had been suddenly 
taken ill, one of them died, and the other was with difficulty saved. On 
examining the dead horse, the stomach was found to be highly inflamed; 
and, by the application of proper chemical tests, arsenic was detected. 
After much prevarication, the coachman confessed that he had purchased 
from a certain farrier (although peremptorily forbidden by his master to give 
medicine to the horses without his knowledge and sanction) something to 
destroy worms; and the farrier, after equal prevarication, confessed that he 
had given six grains of arsenic between them, in half a pint of oil. The 
druggist’s apprentice was produced, who proved the purchase of six grains 
of arsenic by the farrier. 
It was stated in some of the newspapers, that “ a gentleman from the 
Veterinary College, who had been consulted on the case, had given it as his 
opinion, that this quantity of arsenic (three grains to each) was fully sufficient 
to poison any horse.’’ It is in vindication of him (Mr. C. Spooner) that we 
allude to this case. This strange statement naturally carried us to the 
second examination of these men. Seeing Mr. S. there, we told him our 
object; in consequence of which he drew the attention of the magistrates to 
the circumstance; and they acknowledged their perfect recollection of his 
having said that it was, in a manner, impossible that this quantity could 
have done harm—that he had given sixty grains without destroying life ; and 
that it w as his firm opinion, that a very great deal more had been admi¬ 
nistered than the men chose to acknowledge. We perfectly agree with 
him in this opinion ; and are glad to have this opportunity of correcting a 
report that would have compromised any man’s professional skill. 
Eventually the men were discharged, for want of proof that they had ad¬ 
ministered the drug w ith an intent to injure or destroy the horses.-Y. 
