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up soon. In twenty-five minutes he was seized with con- 

 vulsions, succeeded by stupor, in which state he lay tor ten 

 minutes : the convulsions, however, returned, and he ex- 

 pired in a quarter of an hour ; being fifty-six minutes after 

 the bite. 



Aug. 9, a cobra de capello which had lost his two long- 

 est fangs, but retained two of the second order, was made 

 to bite a very large t^tout dog. At first the dog complained 

 loudly, though without drawing up the thigh, or showing 

 any other symptom of poison : but, happening at this time 

 to break loose, he was pursued, and, after a chase of an 

 hour and a hall^ was brought back, much fatigued and 

 heated. After resting a quarter of an hour, water was of- 

 fered to him, which was refused, tliough he ate some morsels 

 of bread thrown into it. About a quarter of an hour after- 

 wards he became much disturbed, grew entirely outrageous, 

 howling violently, snapping at and gnaA\ing the stake to 

 which he was tied with incredible ferocitv. This continued 

 about three houiF, when, growing faint, his howlincrs grew 

 weaker, his convulsions increased, and he expired in about 

 four hours after the bite. 



A pig bitten by a snake of this kind, which had been 

 kept for more than six v^-eeks, and^ fed only once in seven 

 days with milk, became greatly disordered in twenty mi-' 

 nutes, and expired in less than an hour, 



A chicken bitten by a cobra de capello has been some- 

 times known to survive two hours. 



Aug. 1 7, 1 788, an attempt was made to jnakc a cobra 

 de 'capello bite another (of the variety called iioo/ii para- 

 goodo) in the tail ; but that part being found too small, the 

 belly was bitten, a little above the vent. • T^he bitten snake 

 soon lost its former activity, and, when put under a glass, 

 coiled itself up. In this state it was left, and after an hour 

 and a quarter was found dead. On opening the belly, the 

 parts immediately beneath the bite appeared much inflamed, 

 though it could not be discovered whether the fangs had 

 penetrated into the cavity. 



A cobra de capello received by Dr. Russel from Gan- 

 jam, under the narae^of sahunag, was made to bite another 

 remarkably large cobra brought frnn) the same place under 

 the name of cmiitiak. The poison was shed on the place, 

 bnt no marks of tangs -couhi be perceived, and the cou/tiah 

 remained as well as iK-fore : tins experiment was repeated 

 with the same result, though a little blood as well as poison 

 was found on the part bitten. 



Some days after this, a cobra de capello (of the variety 



called 



