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Title: The boy travellers in Australasia : adventures of two youths in a journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan and Feejee islands, and through the colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 Harper & Brothers. pbl
Subjects: Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers Tutors and tutoring Friendship Sailing Sailors Animals Natural history
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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deadly serpents in Australia—the black snake, thebrown snake, the tiger snake, the diamond snake, and the death-adder.The black and brown are most common, and the brown snake frequent-ly reaches a length of nine feet. The most vicious and dangerous is thetiger snake, which seems to be allied to the cobra-de-capello of India, as, UNDERWOODS CURE FOR SNAKE-BITES. 36: when irritated, it flattens and extends its neck to twice its ordinary-size. It secretes its maximum amount of poison in the summer, and itsbite is speedily fatal. The bite of any of the snakes here enumeratedwill cause death in a few hours unless the proper antidotes are ap-plied, The death-adder is unhke the other snakes in one respect; it neverattempts to get out of any ones way, but lies quite still until it istouched, when it instantly strikes at its victim. The best-known rem-edies for snake-bites are hypodermic injections of ammonia, cutting outthe wound, and swallowing large quantities of brandy or other spirits.
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CAMPING-OUT ON A tATIXE-KLN. Mr. Watson says there was once a man named Underwood, whodiscovered a perfectly efficacious antidote to the bite of a poisonoussnake. He gave several performances in which he allowed himself tobe bitten by snakes that were undoubtedly healthy and in full posses-sion of their venomous powers. Dogs and rabbits that were bitten bythe same snakes after they had tried their fangs on Underwood diedverv soon afterwards: and it must be remembered that the second bite 3G4 THE BOY TRAVELLEKS IN AUSTRALASIA. of a snake is always less poisonous than the first. After being bittenby the snakes, Underwood applied a remedy which was known only tohimself, and soon recovered from the effects of the bite. The manner of his death is a very convincing proof of the perfec-tion of his remedy. One day, while under the influence of liquor, heallowed himself to be bitten by a snake; in consequence of his intoxi-cation he was unable to find his antidote, and so he died of the bite.H

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