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Show j M03T DEADLY SNAKES. Thhe fer-de-Iance is one of the most .Ic a'.ly poisonous snakes in the world, j It is common in Brazil and some of the West Indian islands'. The head is flat J and tiiangular. the lengtn hVe to seven i lef t. A. horny spike at the end of the ! tail rasps against: hard objects. The bin--is almost instantly fatal, and even j 'Anon immediate death is averted, seri- j ous and eventually fatal troubles mav I set in. The creature which fears the monster least is a brave cat. Seeing a snake, she at once carries her kitten. to a place of safety, then boldly advances ad-vances to the encounter. She will walk to tne very b'rnic of the serpent's striking strik-ing range and begin to feint, teasing him, startling him, trying to draw hi: blow. A moment more and the tri- I angular head, hissing from the coil. I ilash.s swift as if moved by wings I But the swifter still stroke of the j armed paw dashes the horror aside, Hinging it mangled into the dust. Nevertheless. VuFy does not yet dare to spring. The enemy, still alive, has almost instantly re-formed his coil, but she is again in front of him, watching, vertical pupil against vertical pupil. Atcaiti the dashing stroke: again the beautiful countering; again the living death in hurled aside, and now the sealed skin is deeply torn, one eye sock-t has ceased to Ha me. Once more the stroke of the serpent, once more the light, quick, cutting blow. But the trigonocephalies is blind, is stupefied, j Before he can attempt to coil pussv I has leaped upon him, nailing the hor-i nble flat head to the ground with he,- j' two sinewy paws. Xow let him lash,!' writhe, strive to strangle her. In vain. ; He will never lift his head. An instant more and he lies still. The keen white teeth of the cat have severed the ver- tbra just behind the triangular skull. !. |