 ... it has extracted all the venom which is drawn to it. In order to clean it it is steeped in woman's milk, or, in default of it, in that of a cow ; and after having been steeped for ten or twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes...  Travels in India - Page 152by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - 1889Full view - About this book
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes the color of matter. One day when 1 dined with the Archbishop of Goa he took me into his...curiosities. Among other things he showed me one of the-e stones, and in telling me of its Eroperties assured me that it was but three days since he had... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...been steeped for ten or twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes the color of matter. One day when I dined with the Archbishop of Goa he took die into his museum, where be bad many curiosities. Among other things he showed me one of the*e stones,... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1909 - 1112 pages
...been steeped for ten or twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes the color of matter. One day when I dined with the Archbishop...curiosities. Among other things he showed me one of the->e stones, and in telling me of its properties assured me that it was but three days since he had... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Literary curiosa - 1909 - 1116 pages
...been steeped fur ten or twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes the color of matter. One day when I dined with the Archbishop of Goa he took me inlo his museum, where he had many curiosities Among other things he showed me one of the-e stones,... | |
 | George Frederick Kunz - Amulets - 1915 - 568 pages
...steeping, the milk which has drawn out all the poison takes on the color of pus. Having dined one day with the Archbishop of Goa, he took me into his museum, where he had several curious objects. Among other things he showed me one of these stones, and having told me of... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Literary Criticism - 1925 - 1118 pages
...been steeped for ten or twelve hours, the milk, which has absorbed all the venom, assumes the color of matter. One day when I dined with the Archbishop of Goa he took m> into his museum, where he had many curiosities. Among other things he showed me one of the-tC stones,... | |
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