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SCALED REPTILES 



above the surface of the water. In such situations, or resting on rocks, stranded 

 tree trunks, or sand banks, it lies in wait for its prey. It, however, frequently 



THE HOME OF THE ANACONDA. 



leaves the water to pass a longer or shorter period on shore, when it may be found 

 either in trees, among rocks, or even on hot sand; and it appears that when 



