412 SPECTACLE SNAKE. 



the Rattle-Snake, which has been known to kill t 

 dog in the space of two minutes. 



In the month of June, 1787, a dog bitten by 

 a Cobra de Capello on the inside of the thigh, 

 howled at first, as if in severe pain : after two or 

 three minutes he lay down, continuing to howl and 

 moan : after twenty minutes he rose, but with 

 much difficulty, being unable to walk, and hh 

 whole frame appeared greatly disordered. He soon 

 lay down again, and in a few minutes was seized 

 with convulsions, in which he expired, twenty- 

 sev(^i minutes after the bite. 



A large and very stout dog was bitten by an- 

 other Cobra de Capello on the inside of the thigh, 

 which, in a minute or two, ^vas drawn up, which 

 is, in general, the first symptom of the poison hav- 

 ing taken effect. He continued, however, nearly 

 an hour longer, walking on the three remaining 

 legs, seeming not otherwise disordered ; but after 

 this time, he laid himself along, in great inquie* 

 tude, his head and throat being convulsed in an 

 uncommon degree ; he made several vain efforts 

 to rise ; his legs became both paralytic, and after 

 continuing in this state near an hour, he expired. 



Nov. J 1th, a large dog was bitten by a Cobra 

 de Capello which had been captive only two da3^s. 

 He complained a good deal at the instant of the 

 bite, and the leg was drawn up soon. In twenty- 

 five minutes he was seized with convulsions, suc- 

 ceeded by stupor, in which state he lay for ten 

 minutes : the convulsions, however, returned, and 



