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terrible a pain that he ran off in the direction of his 
house as fast as he could. He judged an hour 
might have elapsed since he was bitten, and the 
hand and arm as far as the elbow were already 
dreadfully swollen and livid, while the pulse even 
in the left arm was scarcely sensible. We bandaged 
the arm above the elbow, and as Mr. Nelson averred 
that his mouth was perfectly sound I allowed him 
to suck the wound, which was merely two fine 
punctures in the wrist on a line with the little 
finger ; but the time was evidently past for either 
suction or bandaging, for Chumbi declared he felt 
excruciating pain in every part of his body. I also 
made him swallow three wine-glasses of camphorated 
rum, and we bathed the arm with the same spirit. 
Then we got him on his feet, and, one of us holding 
him on each side, we walked him up and down by 
the house. After a few turns he declared he could 
walk no more, and begged us to let him sit down ; 
but after sitting a few minutes the pain returned 
with redoubled violence, and the pulse, which had 
beat a little stronger with the stimulant and the 
exercise, again became imperceptible. So we forced 
him up again, and made him walk as long as we 
could ; then wrapped up the wrist in cotton soaked 
with spirit, and every now and then gave him a 
glass of the same, into which I threw a quantity 
of quinine. At short intervals we also gave 
him strong coffee, which evidently enlivened him. 
Still, with all we could do, and although we con- 
trived to keep up the circulation, the swelling 
gained on us, and by night the whole arm up to 
the shoulder was so much swollen and discoloured 
as more to resemble the branch of a tree than 
