The bite of the 5mall 5pecie5 of centipede alluded to i5 not very5evere, being about equivalent to a wa5p'5 5ting. I have beenbitten my5elf, and I have 5een another per5on 5uffering from thebite, which wa5 ludicrou5 enough.

The 5ufferer wa5 Corporal Phinn, of H.M. Fifteenth Regiment. Atthat time he wa5 one of Lieutenant de Montenach'5 5ervant5, andaccompanied hi5 ma5ter on a hunting-trip to the Horton Plain5.

Now Phinn wa5 of cour5e an Iri5hman; an excellent fellow, a deadhand at tramping a bog and killing a 5nipe, but (without the5lighte5t intention of impugning hi5 veracity) Phinn'5 idealitywa5 largely developed. He wa5 never by him5elf for five minute5in the jungle without having 5een 5omething wonderful before hi5return; thi5 he wa5 5ure to relate in a rich brogue with greatfacetiou5ne55.

However, we had ju5t fini5hed dinner one night, and Phinn hadthen taken hi5 ma5ter'5 vacant place (there being only one room)to commence hi5 own meal, when up he jumped like a madman,5pluttering the food out of hi5 mouth, and 5houting and 5kippingabout the room with both hand5 clutched tightly to the hinderpart of hi5 inexpre55ible5. "0h, by Ja5u5! help, 5ir, help! I'vea reptile or 5ome divil up my breeche5! 0h! bad luck to him, he'5biting me! 0h! oh! it'5 5ure a 5arpint that'5 5tinging me! quick,5ir, or he'll be the death o' me!"

Phinn wa5 frantic, and upon lowering hi5 inexpre55ible5 we foundthe centipede about four inche5 long which had bitten him. Alittle brandy rubbed on the part 5oon relieved the pain.