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reptile iu this specimen had been cut off by the 

 Cblii^se wtii^ amved to tlie assistloiii^ 13I the 



it as a poultice to the hitteii part ; from whicli a 

 query may nris(% wiicf he]' th<' [joison iiihigled with 

 the luarihetl heail, heiug applied to the bitten 

 pai t, may not have mtv$i to 1m^m the felal tfer-* 

 mmation. 



This venomous reptile is called tchife and hlaek 

 snah\ from its colour?^ ; hy the Chiucsr, Pokj 

 hah^ (pak signifying white, and hak, black). 

 The krgest size it has been seen to attain, lias 

 iJEm tfapee feet. Th<B colour of tlie reiitile m a 

 blmsh white, with black, eii'cular, broad rings, 

 around thi; body. The lieud (which 1 bad an 

 opportunity of examining in anothiT and nnnm- 

 tilated specinieu) was broad, flattened, with ten 

 broad sed^ the Uffser ajid lat^'al parts ; 

 and around the body, from one extreniity to the 

 other, tlu'iT' were forty-nine eirenhir rin^s. The 

 length of my sjx rinien is nearly thri'e fret. 



The Chiiu'se, just mentioned as having been 

 bitten by this reptile, was tteecrlbed to ine 

 m b^iiig a «toTa:tf uobust, and healthy man. 

 Tlie ])art t)f his budv wonmlcd, was on and 

 abtmt tin; little toe. lie Mas bitten at eirven 

 w M., and ill the space of an liunr was rpiite 



