. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. 198 POISONOUS fishing- hook of singular construction. This last is represented by the right- hand figTire of the accom- panying- woodcut. It is seven inches in length, made of some hard wood, with an arm four and a half inches long, turning up at a sharp angle, and tipped mth a shght
. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. 198 POISONOUS fishing- hook of singular construction. This last is represented by the right- hand figTire of the accom- panying- woodcut. It is seven inches in length, made of some hard wood, with an arm four and a half inches long, turning up at a sharp angle, and tipped mth a shghtly curved barb of tortoise-shell projecting horizontally inwards an inch and a half. During- the afternoon one of the crew of a boat upon the reef, while incautiously handling a frog- fish {Batrachus) which he had found under a stone, received two punctures at the base of the thumb from the sharp dorsal spines partially concealed by the sMn. Immediately severe pain was produced which quickly increased until it became intolerable, and the man lay do^^Ti and rolled about in agony. He was taken on board the ship in a state of great weakness. The hand was considerably swollen, with the paiu shooting up the arm to the axilla, but the glands there did not become affected. The pulse fell to as low as 40 beats in the minute, with a constant desire to vomit. Large dozes of opium in the course of time afforded relief, but a fortnight elapsed before the man was again fit for duty. June 2Srd.—I accompanied Mr. Brown, the Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867; Busk, George, 1807-1886; Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854; White, Adam, 1817-1879. London : T. & W. Boone
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