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at 1m a.m. Four full bites were given. The snake was al- 
lowed to retain its hold and firmly grip and worry the bitten 
parts. 
Two bottles of anti-venene serum were then injected in 
several places under the skin of the inner parts of the legs and 
between the shoulders. Each bottle of serum contained nearly 
an ounce, viz. 25 c.c. Shortly after being bitten, the leg swelled 
slightly. After six hours the leg swelled somewhat more and 
the sites of the bites looked inflamed. The goat seemed in its 
usual health and continued so. After eight or nine hours, the 
swelling began to subside. There was no sign of hemorrhage 
under the skin. The goat made a complete recovery. Mr. 
Norsworthy informs me that several prominent farmers witnessed 
these experiments, and all agreed that the bites inflicted were 
full and complete ones. In fact, Mr. Norsworthy complained 
that they were too exacting. 
A freshly caught adult Puff Adder is capable of injecting at 
least ten drops of venom at a single bite. When a snake is in a 
state of extreme anger, as was the case with the one which bit 
the goat, the glands manufacture venom at an exceedingly 
rapid rate, therefore it is fairly safe to assume that the snake 
injected ten to fifteen drops of venom into the goat, two of 
which were sufficient to kill it. 
Mr. E. Burls, a well-known farmer who witnessed the experi- 
ment and whois the owner of the goat, writes to Mr. Norsworthy 
as follows :—‘* The goat has quite recovered. I defy any one to 
detect anything wrong with her. You can safely tell FitzSimons 
that the serum cured her. She had a rough time of it, but that 
was, I believe, owing to her having four bites, and the broken 
teeth at the fourth bite were not taken out.” 
OTHER EXPERIMENTS. 
I have made a good many experiments with this anti-venene, 
which is stated to be the strongest and best for the treatment of 
bites given by all species of venomous snakes. It is said to be 
particularly powerful in its power of neutralizing Puff Adder 
and other Viperine venoms. 
I found that if a Puff Adder was allowed to deliver one full 
bite on the leg of a full-grown Chacma baboon or a large dog, 
