POTENCY OF MAMBA VENOM. 495 
{ Fic. F.—A Ringhals Cobra shamming death. 
Sending three showers of finely-sprayed venom in quick succession at my face, and realizing 
it had not blinded me as it hoped, it forthwith turned over on its back and pretended 
to be dead. 
The pictures show it in various death-like attitudes. 
