is properly and promptly administered, together with other 
first-aid treatment recommended elsewhere herein. If those 
who choose to go among them, or find it necessary to do so, 
would take time out to become better acquainted with their 
habits, where they are most likely to be found, and how they 
would most likely react to man’s presence, then such informa¬ 
tion would make it possible to avoid much danger. This, 
within itself, we feel, makes the preparation of this volume 
well worth while, and is the chief reason actuating the author 
in his final decision to offer it to the reading world. Beyond 
this the writer “saith not.” 
The Author. 
( xii ) 
