Snakes: curiosities and wonders of serpent life . IT ? if,pi t/) Q. > STo > uV >o ^?v <:.• EPIDERMAL APPENDAGES, 32r reversed in sloughing; the individual in question havingundergone long captivity in a close box during her journeyfrom West Africa, and arriving at the Zoological Gardensin such a miserable plight that it was difficult to distinguishspecies or colouring for many days. In this condition sheremained for five weeks, when one fine Sunday afternoon shepresented the Society with forty-six viperlings. Soon after this event she discarded her way-worn andbedraggled garment, a
Snakes: curiosities and wonders of serpent life . IT ? if,pi t/) Q. > STo > uV >o ^?v <:.• EPIDERMAL APPENDAGES, 32r reversed in sloughing; the individual in question havingundergone long captivity in a close box during her journeyfrom West Africa, and arriving at the Zoological Gardensin such a miserable plight that it was difficult to distinguishspecies or colouring for many days. In this condition sheremained for five weeks, when one fine Sunday afternoon shepresented the Society with forty-six viperlings. Soon after this event she discarded her way-worn andbedraggled garment, and shone resplendent in gorgeouscolouring, as presented to the reader in the colouredillustration. Her portrait was not taken until some weeks afterwards,when the horns were therefore a little dry and shrivelled the new dress they presented a well-defined andperfect curve, tapering to a point, and without any break intheir outline. By degrees they became curled in the mannerhere represented. Her colours were of a rich prismatic
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectserpents, bookyear188
