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THE LAND-MARKS OF 



Mr. Pedler on 

 cobra- venom. 



from a reference to the following tables, that the 

 substance isolated and analyzed by Mr. Pedler is 

 more nearly allied to albumen than that sub- 

 mitted to examination by Dr. Armstrong, F. E. S. 

 The reason of this discrepancy may possibly be 

 found to exist in the fact that the poison inves- 

 tigated by the former gentleman was fresh and 

 pure, whilst, that analyzed by the latter was already 

 in a state of decomposition before it was analyzed : 



" It is quite impossible," says Mr. Pedler, " to 

 draw any deductions as to the nature of the poison. 

 It is more than possible that the poison is a mix- 

 ture of albuminous principles with some specific 

 poison. BIyth claims to have isolated a crystal- 



