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than another Daboia emitted 

 through a leaf in a vigorous bite ; 

 add to all this, that there was a 

 well marked subcutaneous extrav- 

 asation around the bite, and the 

 case seems perfect. Though it be- 

 came rather ill, did not die." 



'Surgeon-Major Browning, I.M.S., 



(2) " A healthy cobra bit a dog in 

 two places with no result.'' 



(3) -Nicholson records a snake 

 catcher who was bitten by a hama- 

 dryad " in perfect condition " and 

 about 10 feet long. He suffered no 

 ill consequences. 



(4) ■'Russell records the follow- 

 ing :— 



" I was told at Vizagapatam, of 

 an old invalid who happened to be 

 present at an exhibition of snakes, 

 and observing, among other feats, 

 the snakemau thrust a large Cobra 

 de Capello into his bosom, he assert- 

 ed he could himself do the same, 

 swearing at the same time, that no 

 snake could live an hour in his 

 country, nor would the most venom- 

 ous do any mischief to an Irishman. 

 It was in vain that the spectators 

 remonstrated and warned him ; for 

 resolutely putting the animal be- 

 tween his shirt and his skin, but 

 ignorant of the acquired art of 

 handling it, he was bitten severely 

 in the breast. The consequence 

 was excruciating pain, some alarm- 

 ing symptoms of poison, and a local 

 ulcer, which was a month in healing. 



records the following : — 



(2) " Another bite from the same 

 cobra on the same animal resulted 

 in death." 



(3) 'Theobald mentions a snake 

 charmer, who was bitten by a hama- 

 dryad, who died in a few minutes. 



(4) 'Fayrer records the death of 

 a man in half an hour from cobra 

 poisoning, and another case where a 

 woman died two hours after being 

 bitten by a cobra." 



^ Trans., South Ind. Branch Brit. Med. Asscn. 1895, pajje 7. 



'^ Ind. Snakes, p. 148. 



' Cat. Kept. Brit. Birma, p, 61. 



* Ind. Serpents, p. 88. 



"> Thanatoph, pp. i2 & 43. 



