SNAKES 



CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS OF SERPENT 



LIFE, 



BY 



CATHERINE C HOPLEY, 



AUTHOR OF 'sketches OF THE OPHIDIANS,' ' LIFE IN THE SOUTH,' 'RAMBLES AND 

 ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS OF THE WEST,' ETC. ETC. 



'These lithe and elegant Beings.' — Rymer Jones. 



'Can out-swim the Fish and out-climb the Monkey.'— Owen. 



GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, 



SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS, 



WEST CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON 

 E. r. DUTTON & CO., NEW YORK. 

 1882. 



