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" 'fif^i application of the carbonate of ammonia and nitric acid to the 

 ^ound flood' recommended to me by its conftant ufe amongft the na* 

 tives in iimilar cafes, and after the ftings of fcprpion&and other poifbn- 



ous infeds. ^ 



To explain why fait was offered to the perfon bitten, it is proper to 

 add that an univerfal belief prevails amongfl the natives of this part of 

 Ind'm, that fait taftes fweet to thofe who are under the influence of a 

 powerful animal poifon, and that when this jnorbid tafle ceafes, that 

 the danger is abated or entirely over, and that all medicine may ]oe 

 fafeiy difcontinued. 



