. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. W' II ?^«^£f*J;?*^"^. Ai)i),,i,i/;,.v/i,-. pou-cr df its iaiio's, uiul to (lisfriniiimto liehvocn nnmiatc and inanimate antagonists. I have iried in vain to make a Viper bite a stick with wlueh 1 was irritating- it, 1)ut no sooner did a kitten ap[iroaeh than the re]itile drew Imek Its head, and made its li-htniii--like dart at tlie little ereatiire with such raiiidity, that it M-ould havt^ -ained its point had not its back been so m
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. W' II ?^«^£f*J;?*^"^. Ai)i),,i,i/;,.v/i,-. pou-cr df its iaiio's, uiul to (lisfriniiimto liehvocn nnmiatc and inanimate antagonists. I have iried in vain to make a Viper bite a stick with wlueh 1 was irritating- it, 1)ut no sooner did a kitten ap[iroaeh than the re]itile drew Imek Its head, and made its li-htniii--like dart at tlie little ereatiire with such raiiidity, that it M-ould havt^ -ained its point had not its back been so much injured as to deiirivo it of its natural powers. The ordinary food of the A'iper is much tlie same as that of the comiiKm Snake and (^nsists of mice, birds, fro,t,'s, and similar creatures. It is, however, partial to than tlie common Snake, and seems in prefer the .smaller mammalia to any other pivv the ; of the Viper enter the world in a liviiia; state, liavinj^ been hatched just befoiv they are Imrn. Tlie iat of the Viper was once in hin-h estimation as a drier and the older apothocanes wore accustomed to purchase thes.' reptiles in considerable numbers Even now tills substance is m some; repute in many aoricnltural districts, employed as ii remedy lor cuts, .sprains or bruises, and especially as u means of allevia'tin-tlu''painful symptoms ol a N'ijier's bite. " The eolour of ; Vijier is rather variable, but the .series of very dark marks down tlu- back IS an unlailmg si-n ot the species, ami is permanent in all the varieties. (Jeiienillv the .ifround colour snyish olive, brown, vellow ; alon" the back runs a cliai'ii of zi,uzao- bjaekisji markiiiu's, and a series of little trianqular spots is found uimn eacli side Hie laro-est specimen I have yet .seen in a wild state M'as one ,d' the vellow varieties Sometimes ground is brick-red, and now and then a nearly black .sperimen is found Air. Indl mentions an exa
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