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APPENDIX, 
Dodlor Syde, one of the Cape phyficlans, informed me that 
feveral people had been brought to him ftung by fcorpions, and 
that he found oil to be the beft antidote he ever tried. The 
natives of India hold the part wounded as near to a fire as pof- 
fible, for a coniiderable time, which, they fay, produces a per- 
fedl cure. 
I lliall here add a few obfervations which occurred to me 
while ferving in the fouthern army in the Eail Indies, refpeding 
fome of our foldiers who were bitten by fnakes in that cam- 
paign. 
The fouthern countries of Indoflan abound with the fmall 
fnake, called the Covra Manilla, v/hicli is well known to be 
very poifonous. The Bramins tell us, that they can adminifter 
complete relief in the mofc defperate cafes ; but their mode of 
practice has hitherto been kept a fecret from Europeans. Col- 
lonel Fullarton, however, procured a fmall box of their pills 
from the reverend Mr. Swart z, a miffionary at Tanjore ; and at 
the fiege of Carrore we had an opportunity of proving the 
effeds of them. One of our feapoys was bitten, and fo ill that 
we defpaired of his life. The colonel gave him one of the 
pills, which feemed to acl as a very llrong opiate for fome time, 
and threw him into a delirium ; in two days, however, the man 
was perfectly recovered. 
We had alfo a fecond proof of their utility, though the man 
(did not appear to be fo ill as on the former occafion. I was 
