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Chapter 8

           Thesehespreadcontiguouslyuponastripofcleancottonstuffalreadypreparedbythemustanger;andthen,withtheabilityofahunter,laidthe"powltiss,"ashetermedit,alongtheinflamedline,whichhedeclaredtohavebeenmadebytheclawsofthecentipede,butwhichinrealitywascausedbytheinjectionofvenomfromitspoison-chargedmandibles,athousandtimesinsertedintothefleshofthesleeper!

           Theapplicationoftheoreganowasalmostinstantaneousinitseffect.Theacridjuiceoftheplant,producingacounterpoison,killedthatwhichhadbeensecretedbytheanimal;andthepatient,relievedfromfurtherapprehension,andsoothedbythesweetconfidenceofsecuritystrongerfromreactionsoonfelloffintoaprofoundandrestorativeslumber.

           Aftersearchingforthecentipedeandfailingtofinditforthishideousreptile,knowninMexicoasthealacran,unliketherattlesnake,hasnofearofcrossingacabriestotheimprovisedphysicianstrodesilentlyoutofthecabin;and,oncemorecommittinghimselftohisgrassycouch,sleptundisturbedtillthemorning.

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           AttheearliesthourofdaybreakallthreewereastirPhelimhavingrecoveredbothfromhisfrightandhisfever.Havingmadetheirmatutinalmealuponthedébrisoftheroastturkey,theyhastenedtotaketheirdeparturefromthehut.

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