Show VENOMOUS REPTILES I 1 the 1 deih ai r L birr 19 Li rr 9 kalo of Itter mortal tal 1 ty fro from al I 1 I 1 it if tho the published figures oro are at all TIC curate from twelve to twenty thou fai and tl I 1 I 1 i ams in british india from ram I 1 bin I 1 i ly front from that of the iho abra wh h A 1 i r lii cut or of domestic habits that the iho ild ITOI i 3 aoa no loup long ago efte 1 it treat sit all nay mays a writer la in the is j owing to 11 f ct art that thal it IL 1 worshiped by macy or tl uvon ivon luday in it slain 1 bit bir hilt hill ill it WOOL Europ european cook quarter of 1 Li liuboy ubay a shorb luno pla pa ed ad on a musical instrument rarely fall fialli to lo bring A cobra out of rome fomo hole bolo or crevice crovi rp for neuvo veneration is too much for Loliah mation tho the native iua to t o chief LI f sufferer from this rally folly very few englishmen hove have been beco bitten for they do not dot walk lit abare fooled fooie il iiii lid usually talon a care to tho the grass fro through which blob they I 1 alk wo we ito bo clovo I 1 f e v only four or ovo of 1 kroml m ccola lavemour lave decoir itea n nonce e n 0 leavo i been bitten b by u s snakes in india since tho the opening of tho the present century cou lury and one of those these wn was a on oa a NOR cn act cl lit lii the pay liny of bengal uno ono of the deadly b tit india or otlien up still ond tho the unfortunate youth it without but toong that it was venomous had tho the IlAn doon common here would now bo be sow low le cobrun I 1 C of 1 tho the jungles lie and the neighboring 9 islands of st kl lucia 11 aois each report it a tit mor orti lity from serpentine bonom rivaling tha islands is overrun with ilia ibo far do lance a fiercely viper which has ibo peculiarity to blile bill 0 snakes at once onca african explorers bave their troubles air ILL analiese An alies bull but they ticy anard sri ard the iho palm of danger not to them nor to the ibo lions linns or leopards but to the buffalo bulls bulla during prof drummonds recent jurn journey y to cuifo aadva Kya niia two of his bollow arm were tossed loused by one of ibrao sava cavoto go creatures and it was almost a miracle t hat one of tho the mounded entitled men survived tho the A in n juries to his shoulders shoulder ft anil d ribs rib the puff pall adder oa an apparently sluggish sluggish creature ro re sem dembling bling to jo build though no noa in ha kle its gorgeous colors colon tho the horrible black c and A it clumsy moccasins of our southern has a pleasant trick of burying itself la in tho the leaves and rooms moss and of at any person who lisp hap trio leijo ft llast clun cousin of tho the ludian india n cobra but bul moro more ng ag cre gres saive sive and irritable and tho the gambs w hith runs runa down delve its ic tiniA aro are tho the principal I 1 i poisonous serpents of art africa ica there tire aro green black aad flame bambas mambas maiD bis tho the limit mentioned being ofte u crested abo sometimes rose reach it a let kongth rib of tv elvo foot and are arc known to havo have a named chased it a here aman for CL their into Is almost certion carl ctrl ain do A survey of the serpentine kingdom cs as tab lishes tho the fact th thai at tho the mort mont poisonous are afia I 1 it of hum humah a a beings ilia iho cb f except exception oon tire aro tho like the ibo nala hajo and tile great clips or baina dryad of bomati this creature tho the mamba in length hungt h baa on an a leaa uko like tho the cobra and vain h az but liffets from both in somo some batom atol ICA pal tic ulars and also in I 1 tho he fact act that thai it Is a 1 cannibal living principally on other snakes one of them chased ft in tile tho woods wooda a few years ago tho the man ran and thought to escape by swimming so acroca rose a stream to his horror ou r reaching the further farther bank lio lie found thattie that tho lonsk 0 had crossed 0 of him jn his despair lio tore loro off his turban n and id throw threw it ib at tits tho rep lite the latter was ana obliging clough logo for tile tho thilo rag and ana unA venom 1 epou poll it the mau man meanwhile incan whilo making his bia capo cape the m aikmus aro are found in note natal though they exist to somo some extent as an fur north ra 3 zanzibar cud aud amny have spread lit an far as aa tho the deierl we havo have found no mention of t lair presence in A egypt or in the Sinni tio peninsula Bula there is nothing in their hibira however which would mould exclude irom from tho the A tropical and sub bub tor for they elourvill flouri flour Bh vill under similar oil cli macic mouth ortho of tho llna line wo noties that in an item Is ia on its ila travels to lo tho the of ff tort or t that tho the Mr ports lulled so 0 o many of the israelites during their exodus front HS egi pt aci vol 0 guinea worms scientific BUY ally loan a as the iho alco rear fear ful cien biry bary themselves in human flesh product ii area which often prove fula filial wu couba bowmer can caaso be made to fulfill the durna of the wo we read in numbers I 1 axi that tile lord sent binl flory dory serpents serpent into P the people anil and much people ot or lira al cleda geology has ado us acquainted with ex reptiles with i 1 I bola ono would dot like to meet were he bo clothed lit in a coat cointot of mail nod arwita with a repeating rifle 11 aiom am souna of theme mo monsters usters the dragons dragon and griffins eni gri flins figuro figure in tho the folk lots loio of till I 1 acro ere undoubtedly depicted haro happily tik linao vs too anoil L a of I 1 I 1 abo he rattle sn akes iab left formerly r if s on oui t to this day liott a cc cv r ri rn ell casi oual rattler Is killed in in tile iho bauo hiis of milton less than a dozen miles from sad and tho the sea serpent nil apparently solitary ratio of tho salinas urian days every DOW nud and then lla his op lip peak killed anco in alio ocean it travelers traveler ill ia alaska have bavo heard from tho the though their faith faila lina las not been streng by eight bight that thai lorda of mastodon tulon are at footling in tho the in accessible intel lot pastures of our now po sessions sess lons WO avo build 1010 the story may provo prove t to 0 bo be ti uc and th ilk ii at a may in by lion in our gerica our belief is not DOte strong in glint thre CLion hot bon a brer r though when ono hask seen scon tho the cato PUS or davil il vil fl ii i into aromi by victor huge lie ho is prepared to bo be lioio thing thine the choice would no boa rilea santone but in the iho al aeterna terna tivo tive of being bitten by a naia or mamba or of being cupped to death by nn an octopus octo pua wo we think most pot poisons sons would choos 3 tho the tor ford |