CHAPTER V. 
On Reptiles. 
IN treating upon this subject, I shall princi+ 
pally confine myself to the methods that may 
be employed in catching and skinning rep- 
tiles. 
TueE fangs with which they defend them- 
selves, or attack their victims, are, in venom- 
ous serpents, placed on the outside of the jaw, 
and so fixed, that they may be erected or de- 
pressed at pleasure; they are mostly from 
half an inch to three quarters long, with a 
