On Snake-Poison

nuated blood, with the altered character of its elements; the dilatation of the pupils; the foaming at the mouth; and the general lethargy, followed by convulsions and death. J This is not a poisonous snake. It is known also, in Bengal, as Betaehra. The term lineatus has been suggested by Dr. Sircar, because of the resemblance of the snake to the one described under that namely Russel at page 32 of his book. The fact of its having succumbed to the poison of the cobra would appear to afford further proof that harmless snakes are not proof against those which are poisonous. This was one of the results, too, which was observed by Messrs. Twining and Breton in 1825. In the course of their experiments, they caused an innocuous water-snake, called dhour, to be bitten towards the tail by a cobra. It died in little more than two hours. These observers further proved that a poisonous snake is apparently unsusceptible of the poison of another species. A bora, known in Behar as the amaitah or seeah