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And in order that nothing might be wanting,
she has superadded a tree which yields him a fine wax and disseminated up
and down a plant not unlike that of the pine-apple which affords him
capital bow-strings.
Having now followed the Indian in the chase and described the poison, let
us take a nearer view of its action and observe a large animal expiring
under the weight of its baneful virulence.
Many have doubted the strength of the wourali poison. Should they ever by
chance read what follows, probably their doubts on that score will be
settled for ever.
In the former experiment on the dog some faint resistance on the part of
Nature was observed, as if existence struggled for superiority, but in the
following instance of the sloth life sunk in death without the least
apparent contention, without a cry, without a struggle and without a groan.
This was an ai, or three-toed sloth. It was in the possession of a
gentleman who was collecting curiosities. He wished to have it killed in
order to preserve the skin, and the wourali poison was resorted to as the
easiest death.


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