. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . SERPENTS, THE 33. gazelles, including the Egyptian gazelles, and antelopes with lyre-shaped horns,are as much West Asian as African, like the carnivorse of all sizes, whoseprey they are—the wild cat, the wolf, the jackal, thestriped and spotted hyenas, the leopard, the panther, thehunting leopard, and the On the other hand, mostof the serpents, large and small, are indigenous. Someare harmless, like the colubers; others are venomous, suchas the scytale, the cerastes, the haje viper, and the asp was worshipped bythe Egyptia

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. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . SERPENTS, THE 33. gazelles, including the Egyptian gazelles, and antelopes with lyre-shaped horns,are as much West Asian as African, like the carnivorse of all sizes, whoseprey they are—the wild cat, the wolf, the jackal, thestriped and spotted hyenas, the leopard, the panther, thehunting leopard, and the On the other hand, mostof the serpents, large and small, are indigenous. Someare harmless, like the colubers; others are venomous, suchas the scytale, the cerastes, the haje viper, and the asp was worshipped bythe Egyptians under thename of It occa-sionally attains to a lengthof six and a half feet, andwhen approached will erectits head and inflate its throatin readiness for darting for-ward. The bite is fatal, likethat of the cerastes ; birdsare literally struck down bythe strength of the poison,while the great mammals,and man himself, almost in-variably succumb to it after a longer or shorter The urseusis rarely found except in the desert or in the fields ;

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