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reached the Cape, her breafts came off, and a cure was impoffi- 
ble. This and many other inftances have been related to me 
by the country people. I fball not attempt to vouch for the 
truth of them ; but they are generally believed at the Cape. 
Many Hottentots die of the bite of poifonous ferpents; but I 
have feen feveral who had recovered ; though, from what I 
could learn, they had no mode ol cure but the adlual cautery. 
The Koufe Band, or Garter Snake, is another of the poifon¬ 
ous reptiles of that country : it is particularly dangerous to 
travellers, as it refembles the foil fo much in colour, that it is 
not readily perceived. The Koufe Band is fmall, and feldom 
exceeds eighteen inches in length. I im.agine it to be the Covra 
Manilla of the Eaft Indies. This tribe is laid to occalion almoft 
inftant death. But as all fnakes lofe a confiderable portion of 
their poifonous quality by repeating their bite, there may be 
times when the poifon is not fo ftrong, or fo mortal. I had an 
opportunity of feeing a farmer at the hot baths near the Cape, 
who had been bitten by a Koufe Band in the foot. For fome 
time after the circumftance happened, he found great benefit 
from bathing the wounded part with cold water, mixed with a 
large quantity of fait. When I faw him he had been lame for 
two years. Whenever he took much exercife it occafioned a 
fwelling in the leg, to which the warm bath afforded a tempo¬ 
rary relief. 
The Yellow Snake, which differs only in colour from the 
Covra Capella, or Hooded Snake of India, is frequently found 
