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Chapter I. Prejudice against Snakes 



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II. Suitability of Ceylon for the Study of 



Ophiology ... ... ... ... 4 



III. Snakes in General, and their Anatomy ... 9 



IV. The Nine Families of Snakes ... ... 24 



V. A Simple Means of Identifying the Poison- 

 ous Snakes of Ceylon at Sight without 



Scientific Knowledge ... ... ... 28 



VI. Snake Hunting, Skinning and Preserving 32 



VII. Some Records of Snake Hunting... ... 45 



VIII. Protective Colouration ... ... ... 52 



IX. Snakes in Captivity ... ... ... 55 



X. The Common Boidae, Viperidae and 



Colubridae of Ceylon ... ... ... 67 



„ XI. Some Legends and Stories about Snakes 82 

 Appendix. Effect on Snakes of Electric Light ... ... 89 



