S-Vk BITE OF A POISONOUS SNAKE 



pearance wHatever, of a wound, was visible; but on touching the spot with 

 the finger, and passing it gently along, a small rising, hke a pimple, was 

 perceptible, around which, on a close and minute inspe6lion, a slight dis- 

 coloration, of a livid appearance, was discernible. One fang only, and 

 but the very point of that, could have wounded me ; for the snake being 

 small, and the skin below my ankle in a state of great tension, as I stood, 

 the animal was unable to lay hold of me ; but in the^attempt to do so, it 

 struck against my leg with the point of this fang, and that so slightly, as 

 to draw no blood'; and therefore I did not feel it at the moment, nor was 

 I aware of it afterwards, when I looked at my ankle, while undressing to 

 go to bed, 



Had a larger quantity of the poison entered my habit, there can be no 

 doubt, but that it would have proved fatal, before I could have had any 

 suspicion of danger, or have applied a remedy. I have not ascertained the 

 species of the snake, having thrown it away, without examination, immedi- 

 ately as I killed it; but a bearer, who was with me, and saw it, calls it Chop- 

 perpoora, aiid says, it is peculiar to Choppers of old buildings. The outer 

 verandah of my house is covered with grass, from which it most likely 

 came to the terrace. 



, - ,1, CONTINUED, for scvcral days after the accident, in a state of the great* 

 est lassitude; but felt no other unpleasant symptom, and this gradually 

 wore off, until I recovered my usual health, without the aid of any medi- 

 cine. 



From the foregoing statement it appears, that the first efledl of the 

 poison, on being received into the body, was to excite the a6tion of the 

 heart and arteries, and to produce a great heat over the whole body ; and, 

 as a similaiity of eiTe6l proves a similarity of cause, and the eilect of all 



