380 Notes on an alleged species of poisonous Lizard, 8fc. 



head, that all objects seemed to turn round, which was 

 occasionally succeeded by faintings, cold sweats, and slight 

 vomitings : but notwithstanding this, she found so much 

 pleasure in tormenting these poor animals, that nothing 

 could cure her of this madness, till she met with the follow- 

 ing accident. The legs of one of these unhappy spiders 

 happened to stick in the candle, so that it could not disen- 

 gage itself; and the body at length bursting, the venom was 

 ejaculated into the eyes, and upon the lips, of its persecu- 

 trix. In consequence of this, one of the former became in- 

 flamed, the latter swelled successively, even the tongue and 

 gums were slightly affected, and a continual vomiting at- 

 tended these symptoms. In spite of every remedy the 

 swelling of the lips continued to increase, till at length an 

 old woman, by the simple application for fifteen days of the 

 leaves and juice of plantain, together with some spider's web, 

 ran away with all the glory of the cure." 



Aprops de bottes. In the first number of the work in which 

 I have the honor of writing, a list of desiderata in the Enty- 

 mology of India is given. One of these runs thus, " record 

 any instance of death by insects, by bees, wasps, &c." This 

 is not very specific, since it does not state whether the death 

 to be noticed is that of man alone, or of various animals. 

 Be that as it may, in a little work entitled, " Medico Topo- 

 graphy of the Ceded Provinces, South-west Frontier," pub- 

 lished in 1826, by a friend of mine, now no more,* occurs the 

 following passage — " The bees usually construct their combs 

 on the thick branches of large trees, and a swarm of them 

 when disturbed are very formidable. I once saw several 

 officers and men of the Ramghur Corps, in Sumbhulpore, 

 considerably annoyed by a swarm of bees, and they avoided 

 a continuance of their stings only by flight from the spot. 

 Several valuable pointers and greyhounds belonging to the 



* The late Mr. Breton, Surgeon to the Ramghur Battalion, and after- 

 wards Superintendant of the Seminary for educating Native Doctors. 



