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* 1.1TO try what effects Air would have upon Vipers, (Animals constituted differently from other Creatures) January 2, 6 ⅖ A Viper was shut up in a Receiver; as the Air was drawn out she began to swell, and soon after we ceas'd Pumping, she began to Gape. In 2 ½ hours she did not appear to be quite Dead: Soon after
she gap'd, the swelling subsided, but presently rose again.
A Viper.