. The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace, and adventure in the Republic of Venezuela . DEATH OF THE SNAKE. Herrera, who was riding beside me, had his attentiondirected to a snake by the wayside which was en-twined round a great lizard. Without dismountinghe borrowed a lance from one of his troopers it pierced the head of the snake, raising aloftthe repulsive creature and its prey on the point of 304 THE LAND OF BOLIVAR. [Chap. xvu. his weapon. This was a dexterous feat consideringthe smallness of the reptile and the instrument withwhich it was accomplished. Contrary to the general opinio
. The land of Bolivar; or, War, peace, and adventure in the Republic of Venezuela . DEATH OF THE SNAKE. Herrera, who was riding beside me, had his attentiondirected to a snake by the wayside which was en-twined round a great lizard. Without dismountinghe borrowed a lance from one of his troopers it pierced the head of the snake, raising aloftthe repulsive creature and its prey on the point of 304 THE LAND OF BOLIVAR. [Chap. xvu. his weapon. This was a dexterous feat consideringthe smallness of the reptile and the instrument withwhich it was accomplished. Contrary to the general opinion, snake-bites are butseldom fatal in Venezuela. Medical science has pro-bably yet to learn something from the remedios usedby the people, and preserved traditionally in the in-fected districts. My intercourse with snakes has been of a limitedcharacter, but one incident I shall not soon years ago in Lake County, California, whilstenjoying with a friend an open-air siesta, our reposewas interrupted by a gentle rattling sound. Lookinground we saw a fine rattlesnake, wh
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