source: THE SYDNEY GAZETTE. Feb 1st 1822 "About a fortnight ago a Government grass-cutter,emplooyed in the neighbourhood of Kissing point, was bitten by a black snake, and shortly after died. The only remarkable circumstance attached to this sad event is, that the poor man wore at the time a pair of Parramatta factory cloth trowsers, which are particularly thick and woolly, and thought protective hitherto from the poisonous touch of the reptiles teeth; but that such a defence is no longer to be depended on, is now incontestable proved." best wishes Jenny Fawcett