Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-01-24 | Page 9 | Snake Bite Kills 23,918 in India

SNAKE I BITE KILLS I 23 IN INDIA D Deadly adly Cobra Is Venerated by Superstitious Hindus By Newspaper Enterprise Association BOMBAY India Jan 24 India India half the size of the tho United States and with nearly three times Its population is seeking a cure for its scourge of poisonous poisonous poisonous poi poi- snakes In on one year persons died of snakebite in India Most dangerous of these reptiles is the cobra for almost instant death follows Its bite IF Th- Th Hindus believe that the cobra once spread its hood as a shade over while he slept and was blessed by the saint It is this superstition which makes the cobras cobra's life safe among a large part of the people of India These snakes enter houses and gardens gardens gardens gar gar- dens In search of mice or of or eggs and young chickens and are not mol molested sted by the natives The British authorities make little progress In driving out aut the superstition superstition superstition tion but are seeking scientific means to lessen the menace without stirring resentment Snakes are not the only scourge of India In the same year 1009 persons persons persons per per- sons were killed by tigers which stalk the country Wolves and bears killed leopards elephants elephants elephants ele ele- and hyenas 89 and other animals ani am- mals male