Show A IlATTLEirS FANGS SOME CURIOUS THINGS CON CBnNINO THEM rumlnIUn se n IId Suite Shewa That nsey CII 11mb Ih 1101 ore Cow sad Ao nllestty rolltbd aura Iesl Inlrnmn An opportunity of dUtedlng tho Imslnem part of the Crotalus horrldut or In plain ngllth tho horrid rattier rat-tier which In I tho literal moaning of this tl Ui actentlflc name goes to i rovo what any scientific jwixm will 1 Ir you tit that the cncclojri0ln lira tho tory worst fount to go to for any accurate Information on ncleotlflo mat tore The > tt noimaixM now fur nlh this kind of Information And ery truly thl holdt good In ngard to this reptile which le I claw umong the ripen and of tho riper It I li I raid they hare but one fang A wilt r for the New York lime wai vrtllou I recently when n ncIcntUlmnde u euro I fat examination n dead unuVo Thor Tho-r wa nearly I four feet long had thlrtoen settee I and when opined i wan found to have dined not long beforo nn three young rubbltn I which I were lying inugly 1 In Ln cry long stomach I lengthwise ono nfu r tho other 118 they were wullowod limo tall nt tho Junction ot thus rattle he I forma 1 ol a hI1ko bun Ho f fluent much llku those of n horsed rope ono Ihlnl of an Inch In diameter twlnlul In the naino manner and crojiod roai to giro a grant forro tu life and of tho loll on which tho looio rnttloi are iirriuitvd Hut thus other en 1 of tho ruptllo U of tho mat IntomM lr cauM tho ox umlnntlon tomplclely ujwctii all Iho popular notion tu fur hold about tho fnngii Ihoru am four of there on noels Jaw Ono wnn quite largo surer half nn Inch In length lliU In I tho neodln but not tho Onlo r of the I potion Mil Ic n triple fang or three Hi > arato fungus ery loowl nttuohod to tho moving mtiMlo HI Unit illY nets very taill drown out and lhuy I sire nlmiMt linlnlblo on neoount of thulr ilonr triin lnnnt color ru that I the might oinlly UIKUJMI I notice In n wound made liy the roust fang Ihono I Poison fung ore hollow and nro directly di-rectly attached to tho 10 In which tho lton In contained In I ncpanitlng this MO from tha hollow In thin root of tho fang tho jwlton iluctn bccoma loose with tho sac Tills fang U I lOUd I attached ton loose I hollow bone nt Its lower end I which he I connected by n hlnga of strong I muKclo or tendon to tho nrllculallon ol tho Jawbono Hy tho action of thl I htngo tho fang II I cradled and forced through tho opening lu tho front of tho muicular covering br which It Is concealed when It le I at roll It I thin I then down on thin Jawbono at tho back of tho harp hooked tooth sot firmly In tho Jaw Bile covering niunclo tiro llko a foil cuthlon nt tho bock part of tho Jaw merely showing tho rounded orlllco through which tho fang Bra forced when tho munlo Ie I contracted Dili imuclo It I chosen by the clear lino drawn around tho fringe and It cover ns wall tie loot bono and tho jaw nrounl which It Ie I wrapped Jut buhlnd tho articulation articula-tion and tho tolls Iberia nro eight teeth ijulto mrall on each ldo ot tho Jaw Tlio Juwliono tune a rldo running longlhvilio with flnngui on cadi Ma of It by > which U Is I attached to tho muscles of tho check Iho tonguo I la n thin den I I dcr llbcr nttacnol by strong inutile not forked M popularly supposed but carlng to due m by lu rapid vlbr allots when tie nJltoll dllurl11 I and how Ito hottlllt to tho Intruder by ghlnir tomo ot IU I fury burp I I tonguo It Is cry lour nndor thono I rlrcumotaaci t that tho moil apparent I Log he I tha puncturing Instrument hl l when It lint dnno Its ko the deafly true fungi which are tubular ol llcJ I outer tho I wounds and dlschargo their I loud of polnon Jhofo are plainly teen to IKS tube and are exactly like tho horn ot n cow Un lor tho ml I cronopo tho lubstnnra > of thorn look Ilka Pearl and hni n delicate polish ant finish No mirglcul lutrumcnl lis solo to delUatol |