118 Proceed i)Hjs of hi(li(nia Acddciiij/ of Science. 



successive slie(l(liii.tj;s and at tlic third all three skins be renuived. when the 

 reptile's vision was restored. 



It is a connuon belief that snalvcs are so plentiful in India that one can 

 scarcely wallv al)out witliout stepping on them. Tliis is erroneous. It is 

 possible to live for considerable periods of time in that country witliout 

 so much as ca telling a glimpse of a snake. And this is especially true wlieu 

 we contine our references to the big pythons. Dr. Hornaday spent two years 

 hunting in India and Borneo, and lie declares he never saw luit one pytlion. 

 and tliat was a small one. The iiythons are timid and shy. and lie coiled 

 among the foliage of trees or shrubs, or in the dense grass on the ground. 

 They never attack man or the large aidnials so long as they are unmolested. 



