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the greatest sufferers, by 2,576 against 2,374 ; whilst, on the 
other hand, female children were fewer, being 606 against 663 
male children.” 
Of 120 deaths recorded during the same year from British 
Burmah, 45 were due to the Cobra, “ and all the rest, with a 
few exceptions to the Viper (Daboia).”'' 
These and other estimates lead us to infer that Dr. Fayrer 
speaks within the truth when he concludes that, were returns 
made from all Hindostan, it would be found that more than 
20,000 inhabitants of British India die annually from snake- 
bite alone. 
