168 OPHIDIANS. 
to move in 43 minutes; died in 1 hour 6 minutes; not the 
slightest change could be detected in the blood under the 
microscope. 
No. 67. A dog bitten by a Daboia; died in 8 hours 11 
minutes. The blood in both these experiments was perfectly 
fluid 14 hours after death. 
No. 68. A pig bitten twice by a Cobra; died in less than 
3 hours; blood was firmly coagulated 1 hour after death. 
No. 69. A small Ptyas mucosus bitten by a Cobra; died 
in 21 minutes. 
No. 70. A mare, with paraplegia, bitten by a Cobra; died 
in 1 hour 20 minutes. 
No. 71. A horse, 27 years old, paraplegic; bitten by a 
Daboia; died in less than 12 hours. 
No. 72. A bay gelding, paraplegic; bitten by a°Daboia 
near the right jugular vein; died in 11 hours 45 minutes. 
No. 73. A mare, 27 years old, paraplegic; bitten by a 
Cobra; died in 1 hour 20 minutes; no possible change could 
be detected in the blood under the microscope. 
Other trials of Cobra-bites on Cobras and Daboias were 
made without effect. 
No. 74. A fowl was bitten by a Cobra; died in 1 minute 
40 seconds. 
No. 75. Thirty drops of blood from fowl No. 74 were in- 
jected into the thigh of another fowl; death ensued in 3 hours 
50 minutes. 
No. 76. Another fowl had the blood of No. 75 injected into 
the thigh ; no apparent effect. 
No. 77. A fowl bitten by a Cobra; died in 50 seconds, 
No. 78. A fowl had a syringeful of blood from No. 77 in- 
jected into the thigh; dead in 2 hours 46 minutes. 
