farigs riëVe veby Ibng r- the é'olbür of the skill Was a1 BfoWrilsfi
grey. ttA & ljr Ipó'éifo^ ift^foës5 ri^te gëirig Uitf 'td cü ï
T^obd théy Vbfti 'dopt who rittricièd1 diiS sefpënt',
ünd5lhW Érsf wföóh tfê f Buf flïfe’-^bifd', as t^ë serpent
M'd foif tfië’grea.fést parit* óf fts: pbfsön1, rëcb\férèd.
f'fbiü1 Whaf FMVè jrist foeritfotied» ydh1 wlh rihö'fibWriririëtii t'fie vé-
ribirious' sërpérife' hriVë' dëbfoasBtfriefè’ of lëfe yéhiV l^f fróm'wBaf
sólhé acéouhfc rélaté, thëy Wefevèfy nu iheFous at théthrië óf the firs't
sëïileft;' Brit stilt rinfórtoriaté abcidërifs sóiüëtiriaëri kapoen1bh5 the
plrirttafibhS; and as tliëre ïs'a rewafdpriidby göverrirrient fófëvëry
fhritisiilled, it were to be wished' that tfefere Was ritf èqual' reward
offered for destribyirig veribihouS söakes; id1 ófdef tb'e^irpat‘e
tuétiri as riiü’élri ris' póssiblë.^
I should wfëftto get sbnre.liVirig póSkoHbriS shi^ebts’ fortHepur-
pose of experiments, having never heard Whether d b g | t i ^ 8cc: will’
dat óf that harié bëën killed by thé poison óf ^ Sëfpëht, ahd
if thëy doV #hat éfféct if oëMsïöbri ripbri thétti1; but përïfripri fhdpoi-
sohof tné séipëntiSlikethari oïlSé'sébVpiéii'ahrfcèhtipëdë, windig risf
t Bèfórië öbtórved, sfeéih’s only tViÉfót daWgeföüsiy’ón'thè'blóód wiifi-
out injuring the stomach. I t is said that those snakes will s Wallow
WBófé a'nhh'alW óf ri éonsfdWahlë sfee,‘ the éörie^óf which' become
pMbrlè arid pafrtfy dfesblvétf, whilst dief arié getting gradually down
tte th fó h t; if is“d qdésfioh, théfëfóré^ whèïhëf thé actiën óf the
föfsëAbriri mild tipóéf thé Victim5,‘ rissistri tWéiü itf di§‘sóWïhg and
tfigëstirig nréir pfëy. fföbabiy tBërie éiists\ri‘(ririéaf póisón' ï& aïl!
ririttiTÓ, SÜfcK 1 meèrias' fs! only ihj‘dWóhs,,‘ ritrii WïtnbÜt riïiy usèfuf
éM at all *: tnóiigh4 itth'ay Beeomë a póison by bèirig misapplied» br
# The venomous snakes' are very distinguishable front the other species by their
heads being flat, large, and wide on the top,, and gradually decreasing to a blunt point;
their large hooked teeth contain 4 tube,which is open at the' point; tlirougfi this the
pbitón' i'sihjectèd info thfe Wdahtf. l*hè' poisonous hiadd'éï^ idiiÖh’ aïe situktecf olie
on each side, at the end óf thfe üppef jaw, arecönfrected by achaünel to the teeth.
talüèh’ in fob* -gtëÊè- ^hant^tyV •TtóiÜ1 hemlbëk arid* arsenic are
usëd( With die föésti èfïebf m‘paVtfoülar riiódérri rifediëiriev
arid5 përhrijp rieW dicó¥érié^ inêj rihd' thë^ofsó^ëf
è^ürilly
’ Tlfo..pö^èf;-:^PÉ^jRdtléièéi4ée öffascirihtiWg and brió|8?g dfehml
shialf iriimals Within5’ its' rëöfclri^ fifehé5 uriiyérsaliy bélft^éd, as5 if is5
ift{ othér èóririlriéS'whérë^ffil rëpfilêf'&^tél5^’■'Tfö ë^pl’ariatibh' ofmiè»
whibh’ WaS fifétglfériv if I am1 riÖf ihisikkéri5, By lffr.‘ Fói^tërVis rip-1
priïëhtly thé rirbst plaüsiBlë, riririfóly/’Iha^whëii fhé ^éfpëiit iS-
^bbü^i» aÉaêk iri thé Briyhè^ the ydttög bifdS iri' thëh* rié^téi thé óld
órièv tb dëférid théfoyflies at thé eriëriiy» a*rid iri’ tliife' wriy Bésdotiiës’its
prey, and that those who observe this', without exploring the ririusb^
liaVè attribu'ted the appioaéh öf thé palètiÉ Bird' to thb éftarrii or the
rattle-snake. I t has, hóHVév'eHi Bëëri qBsërvëd by btBérs,' that; riot"
drily* skririll Blr&i But alSo sqüii¥ëlK'Willf coriié gradrially dbrifri frbtri'
the trighbst BbiighS ctf a free, and dfbp'dt lrisf ihtb tlte rhbrith'bf the*
sërpèlffo Wëw,' ifif'Vèriéfbi3 fiB‘dëféhWëf?
thÜM; é^b^d'théiHèélvë^, it- riiigtifBë'Ö^kédy^Hy5 do1 tlïéy ribt afct ib1
trié'sritöéniÖitfèf towards dëgifbr dritk*, riby dttiëf aniiriUls5 w'nibH‘
att'afck thbhi ? Brit sihce thë TrópfoM ëèf ha5S Ifecbfob kriori'ri; it Has1
been by some suggested, that the rattle-snake may possess a pó^ét
sbtiiëthihg sirnilar By which^if is afelë tb* ,^ïiiéhV
its: natural1 Sldwriëss, it wóülö' ófoët^isë'Be iriipc^ibië fo*batch. Fer-?
hapsJ thé rattlé-shaké hriS' thë' pó\tef óf BloWirig ad irit'óii'catirig5
vapburi: \rhiGh gradually #ëakëha tW^tllfe ariimril So^riiüéh1, thrii iri
frills at last iritB 'tlfe‘ferièW óf iff énetóy
Thé cèftriïrity of thé friet itsélf, and thB óaüsêi:ihighl!,]iBw*eVèV, béJ
tfcclifatéV' riséèötóióèdi: By tékit^ out th'ë’fangs óf a yonrig'rrittTé-
snake, in thé' sairib nirifener as fftfé ÊJyptirihf- and' fndi'rins do with
mhriy* yetabriiodS sëfpéntS, aö'd tafoihg/thërii afterwards, which
w f f l f p i a bëttéf Opportunity df observing this' créaturê’s qurili^
ties and habits.