930 POISONED ARROWS OF THE ABORS AND MISHMTS OF NORTH-EAST INDIA. 



Plate C* 



Fig. 1. Ventral aspect of a frog after the injection of 002 grin, per kilo of ether extract of the poison 

 of Government of India poisoned arrows under the skin of the ventral aspect of the left leg below the knee. 

 Shows absence of haemorrhages at the ventral aspect of the left leg where the poison lias been inserted, and 

 also, no haemorrhages in the right posterior extremity. On the other hand, the exposed stomach and in- 

 testines are seen to contain much blood (p. 921). 



Fig. 2. Dorsal aspect of the posterior extremities of a frog, after the injection of 005 grm. per kilo 

 of Government of India arrow-poison under the skin of the right thigh. Subcutaneous and muscular 

 haemorrhages are seen throughout the whole of the right posterior extremity, from the lower dorsum to the 

 foot, and a few haemorrhages in the left thigh. Blood was found in the contents of the alimentary canal 

 (p. 916). 



Fig. 3. Dorsal aspect of the lower extremities of a frog, after the injection of - 05 grm. per kilo of croton 

 oil under the skin of the right thigh. Shows many haemorrhages in the right posterior extremity, from the 

 urostyle to the foot. There was also blood in the alimentary canal. There were no haemorrhages under 

 the skin except in the right posterior extremity (p. 925). 



* I am indebted to Mr Richard Muir for the coloured illustrations in this Plate. They well reproduce the 

 original appearances. 



