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of the same thing, gave himself no further trouble. 
They all had the same method of fighting, and all the 
vanquished acted in the same manner; after which 
the surviving conqueror was also put to death by Mr. 
Sass, as a creature dangerous to be allowed to live. 
The remedy which the natives apply when stung by 
such creatures, is putting a living frog to the wound, 
into which creature it is supposed the poison is trans- 
ferred from the wound, and it dies ; then they apply 
another which dies also : the third perhaps only be- 
comes sickly, and the fourth no way aftected. When 
this is observed, the poison is considered to be ex- 
tracted, and the patient cured. Another method is to 
apply a kidney, scarlet, or other bean, which swells ; 
then they apply another and another, till the bean 
ceases to be affected, when they consider the poison 
extracted. Thermometer at noon 86. 
The rainy season at Silver Fountain was nearly 
over, but the rain had been so scanty, that not a blade 
of grass had appeared ; of course their prospect was 
gloomy. Though I had preached the night before, 
Mrs. Sass requested that, as she had not heard an 
English sermon for a long time, I would preach again 
in the evening, when she would be able to attend. I 
did so, from Matt. xxiv. 14. but little did she or I 
imagine that the last sermon she was to hear on earth 
was to be preached at her own request. During the 
remainder of the evening she conversed cheerfully, and 
manifested no ordinary degree of good sense. 
