eleven o’clock
Corfu , 7th Nov. , 1860 . Sir Emerson Tennent , in his popular and excellent work on Ceylon , gives an account of `` snake stones '' apparently similar to the one at Corfu , except that they are `` intensely black and highly polished , '' and which are applied , in much the same manner , to the wounds inflicted by the cobra-capella . QUERY.-Might it not be worth while to ascertain the chemical properties of these stones , and , if they be efficacious in the extraction of venom conveyed by a bite , might they not be as successful if applied to the bite of a mad dog as to that of a cobra-capella ? When we separated for the night , which we did at eleven o'clock , Margrave said , -- `` Good-night and good-by . I must leave you to-morrow , Strahan , and before your usual hour for rising . I took the liberty of requesting one of your men to order me a chaise from L -- . Pardon my seeming abruptness , but I always avoid long leave-takings , and I had fixed the date of my departure almost as soon as I accepted your invitation . ''