. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Oipis, a Serpent.) Ijtfru, i\ Viper.) (StoAoi', a Kuttle.) ; i^rf<()oi, a noise.). <! RatlUimake. of the Snakes render word derived from the iry flexibility of their leir vertebra', each one a, ball-and-socket joint, ery direction. \.merica. Its name is at the extremity of its sound of its movements of this terrible reptile, iugly sluggish, and it ited or disturbed. Its ways ensues within a venomous serpents are longing to the upper h they lie flat in the NATURAL niSTOnV. 391 mouth, when not wanted. An a
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Oipis, a Serpent.) Ijtfru, i\ Viper.) (StoAoi', a Kuttle.) ; i^rf<()oi, a noise.). <! RatlUimake. of the Snakes render word derived from the iry flexibility of their leir vertebra', each one a, ball-and-socket joint, ery direction. \.merica. Its name is at the extremity of its sound of its movements of this terrible reptile, iugly sluggish, and it ited or disturbed. Its ways ensues within a venomous serpents are longing to the upper h they lie flat in the NATURAL niSTOnV. 391 mouth, when not wanted. An aperture exmte m the pmnt of the fan.', by which a poisonous fluid, secreted m a gland at the base of the tooth, is poured into the wound, and mixnjg with the , rapidly carries its deadly nifluenco through- out tL entire syitern' A short time since an American physician was exhibiting a caged rattle-snake to friends. Ho approached his baud too near the irritated reptile, vn ho insuvntancously inflicted a wound, and although every pre- caution was taken, the bite proved fatal in a f^^^ ^""rS; Waterton gives some useful lunts respecting snakes, asnecially those of the venomous kind;— ^etly; bu should he irritate a rattle-suake, or tread incaxitiously upon it he would infallibly receive a wound from its fang, though, by the bye, with the point of that fang curved downwards, "'Thrjlmo'aiithor was nearly falling a victim to a rattle- snake He saw what he thought was a gi-eeu locust struggling in the grass. On stooping down to examine it, he was considerably alarmed at discovering it to be the tad of a '"^The kngtii of this snake has seldom been known to exceed seven 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : G. Routledge
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