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terrible a pain that he ran off in the direction of his 

 house as fast as he could. He judged an hour 

 might have elapsed since he was bitten, and the 

 hand and arm as far as the elbow were already 

 dreadfully swollen and livid, while the pulse even 

 in the left arm was scarcely sensible. We bandaged 

 the arm above the elbow, and as Mr. Nelson averred 

 that his mouth was perfectly sound I allowed him 

 to suck the wound, which was merely two fine 

 punctures in the wrist on a line with the little 

 finger ; but the time was evidently past for either 

 suction or bandaging, for Chumbi declared he felt 

 excruciating pain in every part of his body. I also 

 made him swallow three wine-glasses of camphorated 

 rum, and we bathed the arm with the same spirit. 

 Then we got him on his feet, and, one of us holding 

 him on each side, we walked him up and down by 

 the house. After a few turns he declared he could 

 walk no more, and begged us to let him sit down ; 

 but after sitting a few minutes the pain returned 

 with redoubled violence, and the pulse, which had 

 beat a little stronger with the stimulant and the 

 exercise, again became imperceptible. So we forced 

 him up again, and made him walk as long as we 

 could ; then wrapped up the wrist in cotton soaked 

 with spirit, and every now and then gave him a 

 glass of the same, into which I threw a quantity 

 of quinine. At short intervals we also gave 

 him strong coffee, which evidently enlivened him. 

 Still, with all we could do, and although we con- 

 trived to keep up the circulation, the 

 gained on us, and by night the whole arm up to 

 the shoulder was so much swollen and discolourec 

 as more to resemble the branch of a tree than 



