THE 



POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



FOK 



THE USE OF THE OFFICIALS AND OTHERS 



RESIDING IN 



3HE 



9'- : ' 



INDIAN EMPIRE. 







FOR THl 



COMPILED BY 



. •-., 



JOSEPH EWART, M.D., M.RCP., Lond. 



SURGEON MAJOR IN THE BENGAL ARMY ; 



PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ; 



SURGEON TO THE GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND FELLOW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA ; 



PRESIDENT OF THE SNAKE POISON COMMISSION J 



FELLOW OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, LONDON J 



PRESIDENT OF THE BENGAL SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ; 



LATE ACTING PRINCIPAL AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, AND SENIOR PHYSICIAN, CALCUTTA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL. 



LONDON : 



J. & A. CHUECHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 



1878. 



