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Title: Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting.
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894 Gillmore, Parker
Subjects: Birds Reptiles
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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for they instil the most subtle poisoninto their victims. Their manners are very singular. When at restthe neck of the animal is no larger in diameter than the head ; butwhen under the influence of passion and irritation, it raises thefront part of its body vertically, holding it straight and rigid as aniron bar, the neck swelling at the same time. The lower partof the body rests upon the ground, and serves as a support tothe upper part, which is movable and capable of locomotion. Thisfaculty of dilating the neck is as striking a trait in the organisation ofthe Cobras as the rattle is in C?otahis. The ancient inhabitants ofEgypt adored them; they attributed to their protection the preserva-tion of grain, and allowed them to live in the midst of their cultivated * Pliny, remarks Sir J. E. Tennent, notices the affection that subsistsbetween the male and female Asp (or African Cobra) ; and that if one of themhappens to be killed, the other seeks to avenge its death.—Lib. viii., c. 37.
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I.—Snake-charmers. SNAKE CHARMERS. 69 fields. It is the serpent chiefly used by snake-charmers, terribly fatalas its bite is known to be. The action of the snake-charmer is as follows : he takes in hishand a root, the virtue of which is supposed to preserve him from thevenomous effects of the bite of the Cobra. Drawing the reptile from

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Birds
  • booksubject:Reptiles
  • bookpublisher:New_York___D__Appleton_and_Co_
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