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 WONDERFUL STONES. 175

workin fT in the country, having been bitten on the foot by a venomous]snake, was taken to the hospital, Avhere he suffered agonies for two or three days, at the expiration of which time his foot was swollen to an enormous size, every effort of the medical men in attendance having proved ineffectual to allay the inflammation. The poor man, in great torment, at last bethought himself of the stone in

Mrs. V "s ]>ossession, the fame of which had

spread through Djokdja, and earnestly implored that they would try this remedy. The doctors smiled incredulously, but readily assented to gratify the man's whim, as they called it, and despatched a messenger with a polite re(iuest for the loan of the stone, which was at once granted. On appli- cation to the wound, and before many seconds had elapsed, it adhered so tightly to the flesh, that it was found impossible tf) remo\e it ; and not until the swelling had com])letely abated, and the foot had resumed its natural size, did tlu' wondi'rful

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