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APPENDIX. 
Dodor Syde, one of the Cape phyficlans, informed me that 
feveral people had been brought to him dung by fcorpions, and 
that he found oil to be the befl; antidote he ever tried. The 
natives of India hold the part wounded as near to a fire as pof- 
fible, for a confiderable time, which, they fay, produces a per- 
fed cure, 
I fiiall here add a few obfervations which occurred to me. 
while ferving in the fouthern army in the Eall Indies, refpeding 
feme 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, which is weW known to be 
very poifonous. The Bramins tell us, that they^ can adminifier 
complete relief in the mofl; defperate cafes; but their mode of 
pradice has hitherto been kept a fecret from Europeans. Col- 
lonel Fullarton, however, procured a fmall box of their pills 
from the reverend Mr, Swartz, a miffionary at Tanjore ; and at 
the fiege of Carrore we had an opportunity of proving the 
eifeds 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 ad as a very ftrong opiate for fome time, 
and threw him into a delirium ^ in two days, however, the man 
was perfedly recovered. 
We had alfo a fecond proof of their utility, thougli the man 
did not appear to be fo ill as on the former occafion. I was 
