Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-02-07
Boston, Jan 28
FROM THE EAST INDIES.


By the ship Sachem, Capt. Bancroft, we
have received Calcutta papers to the 23d Of
Sept. from which the following articles are
extracted: Calcutta, .4ug. 26.
We observe various paragraphs, which
continue to attest the venomous nature of the
snakes at New South Wales and Van Die
mans Land. A pilot at Port Dalrymple
having been accidentally bitten by one, be-
came delirious, although every means of cure
that humanity could suggest were immedi-
ately resorted to, and he continued in thai
state, raving terribly at times, so that lit e
hope was entertained of his recovery In
another instance the issue was more fortunate
in consequence Of the application of native
skill, as we find stated in the following pa
ragraph.
From person, in whose veracity we pace
the greatest reliance, we learn that month
ago, private OF the Royal Veteran Compa-
ny was bit by snake in pas'urage adjoining
Liverpool, where he was quartered Struck
with instant horror, and the certainty of a
spt edy dissolution the sufferer fell instantly
into state of hopeIessness and almost STU
por; his body began to swell in a few mi
nutes, and the first of his comrades who vi
sted him, gave him over as lost In the
Rarrack there happened al the time 10 be an
old native man, who immediately repaired
to his assistance. From bark he stripped
few shreds, and combining them into a
strong llgature, applied it little above the
affected part, The bite being above the ANGLE.
He applied the igature with such excessive
strIctne>s, that the patient supposed his reg
had been taken off. This done, the native
proceeded in rubbing the leg downward.
with no less violence for some minutes and
then taking away with knife only as much
OF the skin as the punctures were appare nj
on, he applied his lips to the wounded part,
and took away by suction quantity Of CO.
az ulated matter. then pronounced the cure,
desiring the Iegenerated patient to go to his
barrack, and keep himself quiet 1t proved
the case for The man now lives and IN
gratitude to his black physician, gave him
all he was possessed of, being the value OF
about 81. sterling.
SHe1.--1wo more travellers in the paths
OF Belzoul, have made their appearance in
Egypt, the one Mr.. Bankes, an English
gentleman, and the other a Cheyaiier Fee d.
nj, who has already visited Mount Sinai, \
the COpic monasleries, in the vicinity OF
Tor. The fact OF AR Belzoni being still "a
live, must rejoice every lover Of scientific
research, and the more so hen we consider
that he will now nave al opportunity OF cor
recting the errors respecting the antiquities
of Egypt, into which we have been led by a
cotenporary traveller.
. On the arrival of the Jessy, at Suez, the
mortality al Cairo was about $50, anu had
Increased to upwards OF goo. some days PR
or to her departure.
Sir Miles and Lady Nightingale have al
tered their Journey through Egypt, and lett
Alexandria some time in April, for Malta"
: Hahdbees.-Though we find that the
Wahabee chief Ahdallah, and some of his
officers were beheaded at ConstantinopIe in
December last, and that another victory had
also been gained over them, in which the
chieftain Who succeeded Abdallah was slain,
yet we find their measures still vigorous and
their courage still mistaken. The daughter
of former chief has now the supreme COM
mand, and she is a woman Of extraordinary