>From Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian Royal Yacht Club Gazette, Southampton Town and County Herald, Isle of Wight Journal, Winchester Chronicle, and General Reporter ( Southampton, England ), Saturday, December 31, 1831; Issue 441. The power of the toad is thus described in a note on the subject of animal poisons:- " Thomas LICKFOLD , of the village of Wrecklesham, near Farnham, in Surrey, whilst in the act of irritating a toad, found some liquid of intense bitterness fall upon his lips. Not being aware of its nature he repeatedly licked the external parts of his mouth to get rid of the taste. In about an hour, he felt a nausea, accompanied with the same intense bitterness, arising from his stomach. His lips, tongue, and pharynx now began to swell - so much that he could scarcely swallow or articulate. The abdomen became generally tumid, tense, and sore; and he felt a sense of trembling of the stomach, accompanied with a drowsiness, vertigo, and dimness of sight. By the advice of a medical man, he applied an oily mixture to his lips, internal parts of the mouth, and pharynx, and took some castor oil. The latter operated by vomiting and purging, and great relieved him. The swelling of the mouth subsided in about three days, but the abdomen was not reduced to its natural size for several weeks."