92 SOME WONDERS OF THE SEA. 



from beating, and the lungs cannot be inflated. All 

 pOAver goes out of the body and limbs, so that the 

 sufferer becomes helpless for a time, and if in the water 

 might be drowned. 



Such, at least, has been my own experience, though 

 persons with a differently constituted nervous organisa- 

 tion might not suffer so severely. The reader may 

 remember that when Captain Webb was making the 

 arrangements for his wonderful swim across the Channel, 

 his chief fear was lest he might be stung by a Jelly Fish. 

 Even though he was protected by a coating of porpoise- 

 oil, he was once slightly stung, but the oil evidently 

 must have partly neutralised the poison, Indeed, after 

 being stung, the most effectual remedies are oil applied 

 externally and brandy taken internally. 



As is the case with those who are bitten by venomous 

 snakes, the spirits seem to have no effect whatever on 

 the brain of the sufferer, but only keep up the nervous 

 power until the venom is eliminated from the system. 



