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&eiiSL'lej*!s. lirtoi'c I III-, lie drsi ribcd tJn' juiin as 

 ascetKlhig rapidly uj) tiu- Ijody; It appeiicm 

 tliat^ih^ tet bitten^ he thonglit Ms aaslcEmLt 

 was a rat, and, kicking the reptile, he was t&- 

 Ititteii ; nnd, altngetliiT, was wi^inded tliree 

 times : he expired u little before four a. m. 

 Ttm ^nake is said to be used by the Ohiiaese m ^ 



tercd as an mt^ml remedy. During- floods, 

 tlic*;e rpptile.^ are wry eonimordy seen aliont the 

 houses, eomiug from the creeks up the drains 

 tlie kitdi^ttft : iJtejr pioMbly inbubit 

 matshyi^Ia^t asld ^ olb^ ht&a^t down dur* 

 ing the fi'eshes of tlie river, ajmong tln^ wre(l,<, 

 fu^Iks, cS:r., and at that time mny he drsei'icd 

 sporting and swiuimiug about the uuihitude of 

 boats ill the nver. They are killed in numbers 

 by tbe boaiom, X^m^ t&e la^ Hm^ wbieli 

 psevulled ^ idaxLl^^ ^ ijmmber of these yemm<m 

 reptiles were destroyed.* 



I availed myself of tlie kind offer of Mr. Davis, 

 and left Canton Avith liim at daylight of the 28tli 



* In September 18o*^. the Hoods of the river were so 

 great, as to cause a considerable loss ot" lives and property. 

 All 1»u8tne«;& fttCunton -ms ^mm^tsA mlid»t% 9$£^fii0^ 

 class oi' people Mifl'ered nmch ctistres^ tbrdv^ a great of 



fliinu In consequence. 



