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he expired in a quarter of an hour ; being fifty-six 

 minutes after the bite. 



Aug. 9th, a Cobra de Capello, which had lost 

 his two longest fangs, but retained two of the 

 second order, was made to bite a very large stout 

 dog. At first the dog complained loudly, though 

 without drawing up the thigh, or shewing 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 half, was brought back, 

 much fatigued and heated. After resting a quar- 

 ter of an hour, water was offered to him, which 

 was refused, though he eat 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 

 gnawing the stake to which he was tied with 

 incredible ferocity. This continued about three 

 hours, when, growing faint, his bowlings 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 weeks, and fed 

 only once in seven days with milk, became greatly 

 disordered in twenty minutes, and expired in less 

 than an hour, 



A chicken, bitten by a Cobra de Capello, has 

 been sometimes known to survive two hours. 



Aug. 17, 1788, an attempt was made to make 

 a Cobra de Capello bite another (of the variety 

 called Nooni Paragoodo) in the tail, but that part 

 being found too small, the belly was bitten, a little 



