The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-02

or IIndoos and We soon hunted out
The cobra and dispatched him forth
with.
.,vcn the vcuOmou- cobra can be
made Il pet Of minus. 10 one is wiSe.
his fangs ami I'risou glands AMI. as
for the moucup-c. he is one uf tiiD most
rompanlouGblc Of Wild bcn~ts There
j. more ihan one variety uf this animal.
aud they vary iu sia' according to their
breed and geographical distribution.
one of the most interesting pets ! had
OF this Kind WIS mong0usc that was
sent mc from tho sultan OF Lchci. an
Arabian district SOME thirty miles from
our OUTPOST on Ndrn. when ! was sta
toned IN thIt very sultry locality I
thought This Arabian variety was small.
or ihau those had seen ia india
Some propl" doubt if there can be-
any recovery from the full bite of q
grown cobra The poisonous bored
f1ng~ of this creature work on u Kind
of hinge and urc folded back Oh the
roof or the mouth when the animal Is
in rcp"~c. hut when the cobra prepares
to strike The mere mechanism OF the
upper Jaw in opening the mouth raises
these fpldrd fuugs Ir the flngs then
hit ~" virtim straight I fancy recovery
must hr very rare But there II not al
ways " full complement of poison m
tho glands nt the ruut of the rangS. aud
every successive strike makes the
quantity I'>, frr 40. time being Again.
the dress may catch up tho grclicr pur
iinu uf the virus ncforc the skin H.
reached, aud lastly the faugs may not
strike straight. aud then they are cas-.
ily doubled up un account NJ The Joint
spoken ~. so that iu such instance, tho
front nr uut"t portion or tic fnngs may
Craze the skin with pc'hap- uo pulson
al all
remember strange thing happen
ing once regarding the hiic or q snake
In q certain part or Blluchistnu dc.
turh'urut WIS Zoo search ~ new site
for q TEMPORARY cnuioumcnt iu place
of The undesirable one wr then had.
| Thull Ihotial Ou our first camping
| ground We were seated ~ dinner I'm.
side the mcss tcnt when sudden cry
was raised that one of the camp follow
crs had been bitten hy snake aluiust
Immediately outside the tent The
/ medical officer uf the detachment. with
| the knife be- was at the time holding in
! his hand. rushed ont nt oncc. tn"
wound WIS plain enough uu the mans
bare leg
lie had been nntivc fashion. squat.
! ting ON the ground. and had hcrn bit
t.t, go. ff.. ttt lii. U..I,. t..,.f I'm. - tf.
| l"s Few iurlUs above the ankle Tho
/ major ut ono" made slash ON each
| side Hhovr AMI below the wouud and
| rut y shaped hd nut uf the poor
| mans boz Within frW seconds of the
| ,ry being rIisc,l ~ vo had only gone
/ some dozen miles AWAY FROM our pre-.
! vipuS hcaduunricr. and ns the dctaci
/ Wcut was going ou stiil farther the
| man was sent BOO next morning iu q
/ dhool.c tp the hospital. where he lay
! very ill for some timo. hut eventually
] recovered to certain degree. As II
! was nighttime nud the other natives
got Hurried the snake unfortunately cs.
| capped In the dark. so I have always
wondered whether " was cobra nnd
II ih" prompt cNcisinn saved the camp
followers life.
Considering that over 2O,OOO-think
" human lives are annually lost In
India from Wild beasts. very great
! portion uf which is from vcnOnous
snnkcs n Il at first surprising 10 see
the almost complete immunity ~ Eu-
| ropcnns from snake bites In that cOun.
try II must hc borne In mind. how
ever. that there II only mere handful
| u2n,UOo or sni OF Europeans In India
altogether. as agaius, the vast number
~ natives. approaching the stupendous
figures NJ 3OOn.OOO. The natives.
moreover. grupe about In the dark and
roam the Junglcs with bare feet AMI
often bare everything else. n condition
of affairS that leaves them particularly
exposed 10 the bites of sunkcs. BE this
rs II may. Il IL seldom one hears OF
q death from snake hitc among the Eu'
ropem portion of the Indian popula
tlon.-ChaInhcr~' Journal.