 Ingestion of the unprepared seed induced vomiting after several hours, that was described as putting those afflicted as so bilious there "was hardly any difference between us and death".The incident was further embellished in a second-hand report published in Amsterdam, portraying men incapacitated by involuntary movements.The poisoning of the crew on the disastrous La Perouse expedition was noted by Governor Phillip as resulting in the same violent vomiting.