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iug) or tLt m^t by l«mMigtii» say It U 

 difficult to them during the ^ylight.* 



Snakes nrv nnoirrnus in various parts of the 

 colony. Tlioae known among the colonists as 



tfae hhxk mi himm sm1m^*' m fomi about 

 the banl^ idthm fi^% Or in twampy situations : 



the natives (they are not, hovTete^^ the be$t an-^ 

 thoritv (nr the extent of danger a veiKvinnits 

 snake prodnces) say that its bite is not deadly, 

 but causes the person to feel skk and shepi^ for 

 u^«^tfm, wMeh tiS wit3i0\it^<tueitKg 

 any further 01 effect, even if no remedy be 

 applied. 



It would be interesting to institute experi- 

 ments, so that the esttajt of danger attending 

 tine bitea *>f lihe renisnions reptiles la the colony 

 might be ascertaljfced with some degi t e of cor- 

 rectness. As far as regards this snake. I am 

 well informed by j)ersons who have been l)itten, 

 that the eil'eets are as above stated ; but still it 



b0 int^#^»g to itnow tikt ti lio- 

 lenee tfe poiscai h ptpable of pe^dticing in each 

 of the venomous reptiles* X examined a ** blac^k 



* In Mitrdh tW 86asoit <!mmnefiees, fit Sydhey^ fbr *^tTnLy^ 

 fish*" which nre caught in large quantidt-s, and of eiiarmoiis 

 aboiU tiic scja-coast,. Qnd are hawked about the streets 

 ntit^th^f ^im^^ 5q this <joli>«y> cHiy^fish i^nrd 

 in Ihe sest, and lobsters in the tlver. 



