. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS KEPTILIA: ORDER OPHIDIA. 177 into a kind of hood, and its dilation is a sign of anger, as strikingly as the rattle in Crotalus. The hood is marked by a figure not unlike a pair of spectacles. The bite is greatly dreaded, as the poison is very subtle. In India, the Cobra is reverenced, and wheu one takes up its abode in a house, the Hindoo will induce it to enter an earthen jar, and then carefully carry it off to a distance and release it.* Colubridse.—The Black-snake, Striped-snake, Water- snake, etc., are included in this family. They are all perfec
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS KEPTILIA: ORDER OPHIDIA. 177 into a kind of hood, and its dilation is a sign of anger, as strikingly as the rattle in Crotalus. The hood is marked by a figure not unlike a pair of spectacles. The bite is greatly dreaded, as the poison is very subtle. In India, the Cobra is reverenced, and wheu one takes up its abode in a house, the Hindoo will induce it to enter an earthen jar, and then carefully carry it off to a distance and release it.* Colubridse.—The Black-snake, Striped-snake, Water- snake, etc., are included in this family. They are all perfectly inoffensive. Mg. SOO. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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