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poisonous fang into its belly. In a few minutes I THIRD 
thought it was going to die, for it appeared dull - orBVEY ‘ 
and heavy. However, in half an hour’s time, he 
was as brisk and vigorous as ever, and in the course 
of the day showed no symptoms of being affected. 
Is then the life of the snake proof against its own 
poison ? This subject is not unworthy of the con¬ 
sideration of the naturalist. 
In Guiana there is a little insect in the grass, and The Bete- 
on the shrubs, which the French call Bete-rouge. It rou ° e ‘ 
is of a beautiful scarlet colour, and so minute, that 
you must bring your eye close to it before you can 
perceive it. It is most numerous in the rainy season . 
Its bite causes an intolerable itching. The best way 
to get rid of it, is to rub the part affected with oil 
or rum. You must be careful not to scratch it. If 
you do so, and break the skin, you expose yourself 
to a sore. The first year I was in Guiana, the bete- 
rouge, and my own want of knowledge, and, I may 
add, the little attention I paid to it, created an ulcer 
above the ancle, which annoyed me for six months, 
and if I hobbled out into the grass, a number of 
bete-rouge would settle on the edges of the sore, and 
increase the inflammation. 
Still more inconvenient, painful, and annoying is The 
another little pest, called the Chegoe. It looks ex¬ 
actly like a very small flea, and a stranger would 
take it for one. However, in about four and twenty 
hours, he would have several broad hints that he 
had made a mistake in his ideas of the animal. It 
attacks different parts of the body, but chiefly the 
