so 



son from my arm. Another bruised some turmeric, 

 and bound it round my arm, to keep the poison in 

 my hand. This kept my arm easy for some hours, 

 and my hand, though numb, was not much swelled, 

 nor even painful ; but about midnight it puffed up on 

 a sudden, and grew fnrtous, till I slit my fingers with 

 a razor. I also slit the back of my hand, and cup- 

 ped if, and drew out a quart of slimy stuff, yet my 

 arm swelled. Then I got it tied so fast, that it was 

 almost void of feeling. Yet would it work, writhe, 

 jump, and twine like a snake, change colours, and be 

 spotted. And the spots moved to and fro uposi the 

 arm, which grew painful at the bone. All things 

 were applied for two days that could be thought on ; 

 bat without effect, till the ashes of white ash-bark 

 made into a plaister with vinegar, drew out the poi- 

 son. We then untied my arm ; but within two hours 

 all my right-side turned black. Yet it did not swell 

 nor pain rne. * I bled at the mouth soon after, and 

 continued blreding and feverish four days. The pain 

 raged still in my arm, and I was by times delirious 

 for an hour or two. After nine days the fever went, 

 but my hand and arm were spotted like a snake all 

 the summer. In autumn my arm swelled, gathered, 

 and burst, so away went poison, spots and ail. 



But the most surprising circumstances were my 

 dreams. In all sicknesses before these were always 

 pleasant. But now all were horrid. Often I was 

 rolling among old logs ; sometimes .1 was a white oak 

 cut in pieces. Frequently my feet would be grow, 

 ing into two hickary trees ; so that it was a terror 

 to me, to think of going to sleep/' 



5. It is a wonderful provision which is made for 

 those snakes, who are inhabitants of the waters. A 

 water-snake has no air bladder like fishes : but to 

 make amends for this want, it has a large membra- 

 nous air-bag on its back, which it empties or fills 

 with air at pleasure by an aperture which it can shut 

 so close, that the least globule of water cannot enter. 



