. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. noii.\ED virEns o-is itself in the saiul, has a horn above each eye. It is to be seen figured on ancient monuments there.*' Dr. Andrew Smith states that there are kinds of Vijiers in South Africa, and that tliey aie mostly indolent, and are heedless of the approach of man. One of them, Vipera (cerastes) cavdalis, has a slender, recurved head-spine of about a line or a line and a quarter in length, and the tail appears dwindled, so short and tapering is it. It is especially , for it will not move off, btit submits to be trodd
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. noii.\ED virEns o-is itself in the saiul, has a horn above each eye. It is to be seen figured on ancient monuments there.*' Dr. Andrew Smith states that there are kinds of Vijiers in South Africa, and that tliey aie mostly indolent, and are heedless of the approach of man. One of them, Vipera (cerastes) cavdalis, has a slender, recurved head-spine of about a line or a line and a quarter in length, and the tail appears dwindled, so short and tapering is it. It is especially , for it will not move off, btit submits to be trodden on accidentally, and then bites. When once it seizes the obnoxious object, it holds on with great tenacity, and does not rush off when removed. The Horned the Hornsnian of the Cape colonists, has the eyebrows armed with a clump of lengthened spinous scales. PVFF ADDER. forming a short horn. It has large curved fangs, and swollen upper lips. The Berg Adder I of the â Dutch colonists and the Puff Adder § of the C^ape colonists are well-known African kinds, and are generally found on the sides of hills or on dry sandy ground. The Ei\er Jack Viper (j of the west of Africa is a formidable-looking Snake with a flat head, a longish horn on each side of the snout, a small neck, short body, and thin tail. It puffs itself out when visitors look at it in captivity, and sends forth the inevitable hiss. The kinds of East Indian Vipers are arranged in two generaâone Ln which the Snakes have » very large nostril (genus Daboia), and the other in which the nostrils are small (genus Echis). Sis Joseph Fayrer states that " The Daboia, or Russell's Viper, is called by the natives about Calcutta ' XJloo Bora,' from the nloo grass in which it is often found. In Bengal it is called ' Jessur,' ' Siah'- chunder Amaiter.' It is common in Bengal, and is frequently caught in the Botanic Gardens neaB Calcutta, also in the South of India, Ceylon, and Burmah. * Vipera cerastes. f Vijt
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