Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-18
STING OF A SNAKE
Fiery Ordeal That Follows a Kiss
From a Puff AGCer.
IT is ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH.
Dramatic Experience of Man Who
Received the Venom Laden Cares
ana Yet. In SPITE Of the Doctors
Verdict, Lived to Tell the Tale.

ana Yet. In Spite Of the Doctors
Verdict, Lived to Tell the Tale
Not many men are alive To tell wha'
it is like TO he bitten by puff adder
one Of the most veuomuuS of snakes
In South Africa. where il is found. IL
bite Is believed to re certain death
Nevertheless + a. Streatheid. former
~ resident commissioner OF l:pcIu:,na
land. not only survived the bite of 4
pun adder I'M tod ms story in tht
IOudon Field He had captured The
snake. " hich was three feet and Il hait
long. IN South Africa. and was brin"
ing il home confined in an old cartridge
box to present to the Regents pnrh
zoo He says:
Somehow or other Ii became known
TO my fellow passengers that | had II
puff adder in my portmnnieau. and
they begged to be allowed to see ii
For long time | refused. but at hast
was overperSuaded and fetched her la
dyship
Taking her out of her box and grasp
ing her close behind her head. ! ex
planned TO the company the marvellous
economy of the poison apparatus.
OPENED her mouth and displayed the
tHngs showed the poison glands anO
how the muscles that raised the fang
at the same time pressed on the gland,
and forced the poison through the tiny
duct
To 6s,d lcrfv / haI
gan to put her ladyship back into bet
temporary home. In getting rid Of II
poisonous snake you should be sure
that no coil Is wound round an arm
and that its whole body IL free. Then
when you let 70 your hold your hand.
should be instantly snatched away out
OF reach
When | WAS in the very act of quit
ting ny hold some one spoke to me
and ! have no doubt that left my
hand within reach of the deadly fangs
instead OF snatching 1t away. | must
have turned my head toward the man
who spoke to me. for | did not see tn.
stroke
But | felt as II knife had been
sharply drawn across my finger and.
looking down. saw the blood flowing
freely and her adyship out Of her
box. trying to make her way across the
table snatched her back by the tail.
caught her by the neck again and got
her safely into the box
When | was struck there We're about
twenty men in the room. Twenty sec
onds afterward there was not one. |
never saw room clenred in like time
They simply tumbled over each other
When the prisoner WIS again under
lock and key the company came slow
~ back. and the doctor appeared
asked for ammonia. There was
none OH the snip. and SO had TO take
n great deal of brandy | lauced my
tin-"t down to the boie. where the
sn;.kn> fang had made wound Then
Sucked the wound vigorously.
gave my keys and home address 10
my good friend. " h.. vino promised
to took after me and to carry out my
instructions while remained inSenSi
bic. soon after that became uncon
srlOIlS
| had told l.. thai should be report
ed dead. nut that should not be. and
that If he could get even few dror>
of brandy down my throat when NY
heart talked II would jog on again.
and that toy and bv should come TO
1T was 10 O'Clock when lay down on
the smokin" room sofa and became nm
conscious When came to again the
east was rosy with tie morning sun
Several times during the night the
doctor told /. that was already dead
and if my friend had not ohStinateiy
refused 10 listen to MIN and insist on
following out my own instructions /
should have been sent. wrapped M IN
a piece of canvas. to the bottom OF the
sea. some 800 miles north Of NHdpira
! never ten 50 i'll or suffered su"i
pain as when / recovered cons ,"iI~
ness that morning acnod from t"'
tip of my tiu@pr 70 NV ~hnrid"' f~ y
the bone mad been rrllrl uun i.'
my SWEDEN arm .o"k"d )!!lt - N.r.
pillow
Iney r#rerd .r to t. Scout, .',
there HN fal t"pufY tom no'."-
Then wi'> 'r lA}' IT 81 ''".ud~ In
could i.u . 'str ,Y"l~ - dt.r'-,'>
n" t;iu grew .,-~ 9rd ~, -. lnsr /
rtarn,H nome uJu u"&uu "a takp y
ittle lrt,r,.>i IN NE tI' Tor mou,h,
usG 20 - very gentle WITH mN~r}t
nave r.vor SINCE htpu 50 strong ~ /
wH- h"f"rr ana hay" come 10 know
( ne nra,lN@ ~ Me- word "'l'ed. some