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SNAKES SWALLOWING THEIR PREY. 
Fic. 18.—On the left is a Brown House Snake (Boodon lineatus) constricting a half-grown Barn Rat. 
The snake is 2 feet r inch long. It is just proceeding to swallow the rat. It is starting at the nose. 
The illustration on the right is a Red-lipped or Herald Snake, 2 feet in length, in the act of 
swallowing afrog. This picture is taken from life. 
