The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-08

snakes aud their Encmy Ncw Experiment.
with the Naugoore.

nom Una ana Nuftf.
have, when i'm India, where | have
served for upward of ten years, neen present at
experiments with poisonous snakes. Ihe mon
guuSe ana tn" cat can safely aver. II faifly h't-
ten, have no more Immunity from snake poison
than any other gnimnl. The nlon-oosc, slmby
hv its greater artivltN. Is enabled to overcome
poisonous reptiles. | VIII give one or Two IN.
stance pf experiments 20 verify toe huoNr az
which ! was present. The experiments were
conducted in q harrdck room wi closed doors
500 AZ nlt to allow any m dc ~ exit ny in'ul-
cal officer. in the presence Of myself ana one
other gentleman. -. .
Aforesaid room, and o tame mongnose belong
NIX ~ a soldier. The mung"usc. ON see w tue
snake al once went toward H.. on which the co..
bra ttsulaV,d fear, and tricd to Get away. II
wis f.ot unul the monLOuse npued the tail OF
tn cuara that the latter showed hgat. As soon,
huweV. 1. as the cobra struck at the n OnGouse,
the latter, ~ superior activity. seized toe rep
tile hv the head ana at once set To work and cX-
traced fang. which tie animal swallowed.
Inc uonEoo-c then rcicjecu IL h"ll' uolted'
or to speak moro CORRECTLY. rtn Cnce or twice
round tue ruow' leaving thc snake u liscli luf
four or i've uinutc-' when II again alta kcd the
cobra without aus interference ON our uurt, tie
sntnc petiurm"ucc as before being rel Gated, ana
the remaining fang extracted.
I'nc cuhra. although 30 gfi Won " wounded.
IN being re-. dscd Nv the mpnGolsc a sec nl
time. uttac..d Il win Gre I frrocifv. The lat
ter auiu. IcateI II much I'm the sumo wd' as
cat would treat mouse. Ilualy. AGAIN l. wing
seized the cobra. II set to nd ate The head only,
.cuyiug the Test OF the body untouched. rms,
iu,ul;. shows conciusiyoly tat the reptile was
lNttcoiuc by SUPERIOR activity
caught was put to 2 cHurd. both reptile ana AMI
mai ueing held. The snake was 80 dc To fairly
tiue the LlongoUse, whicu VS. then reIc. seu.
Tut uflOrt uua. ely lost si-nt o. IL was found
ltad next morning. Experiment No. 8 was on "A
cat. which Mas M trst let loose Ia the room with
a fresh coNra. Both dsplaycd fear II Que an
other, nj c.uld not lie brought to approach
Ullm dely snake and cat were both held. and
The former made to bite the latter in the u IN.
Inc cat showed no sieus Of being affected fur
Ucarly an uouf. Il was then given In charge
10 native sweeper, VINO reported thc cat -
very SICK an hour and a nali after IL died With
10 four hours after being often.
Experiments we're also tried on parah
dogs. both with and without injecting
ammonia. In all Eases the dogs died,
those which were epidcrrlically injected
surviving from QIuftcr to "a half hour
longer tim the Others rot 20 treated. The eX-
h.usiiyc experiments OF u s. fNrer and Mch-
ards. uuder The authority 81 ihc Government ~
India l think. have couClusveiy ectucd tho
point as ,rds the lncura oiity 4 snake bites.
Win regard to nNngOuse-, have seen them
put To fi-h' snakes on several occasions. and
whenever the mpngOose Alta kcd tine snake u
inevitably uNerCauIe th" latter DN Superior ic-
tivtv. \ mouroosc which Las been lately ted
pcrsi-tcnty refuses to attack suaSe, Iith lush
never showing the ,llshtcs, lear ia iis presence.