run 



>.v IA/: <>/ IMUA. 



Llfl 



AMa. ami an- p-nrrully found in India. Th- common K... K -N\KI ..f ln.|i:i ./'/////..// 



is a good exiiuipl.- of tliis p-mis. The native* U-li-\.- that th.- littl. -|.ur*aiv u-v-ful in lighting. 



and thrn-for.- cut th.-m i>ll Mh-u.-\.-r tli.-y capture the ivptil.-. It i 



lliii.1...,-. I; i> IP,- one i)f tllf '. <:..-: Q| /- k.n !. HMD] aMainin.: a 



f.-.-t. an. I ii. .1 U-in.: held la BOflb fan i. A fowl thai VM in. ],,-.,! in 



>.-l]..-Ml-. -..H.II ,.l.!ain.-.I t!i.- ina>l.-l \ ..\.T li.T liTlil'l.' r, nupalli. Hi. ati.l 



at its bead. 



One of theae repttlee that was kept at the gnrdens of the Zoological Society, once niadc u 

 rurioua mistake while being fed, and had well-nigh itacrifioed the lift* <>f iUi keeper. The man 

 had approached the reptile with a fowl in In* hand and presented it as usual to the Snake. The 



Hi-- I'.-.Ma I'.-la ..f tin- 



length of t.-ii or i-l-vcii 



.v ii h mi'' nf tin--.- 

 ;i- -M-.-!! (iiii.-tl v iM-cking 







I.NUU - 



Serpent darted at the bird, but as it was just then shedding its skin and nearly Mind, it 

 missed its aim, and instead of seizing the bird, grasped the keeper's left thumb, and instinct- 

 ively flung its coils around his arms and neck, as is customary when the animal seized is of 

 considerable size. 



The keeper tried to force the Snake's head from its hold, but could not reach it, as he was 

 bound in th- folds of the Snake. He then cast himself on the ground in order to battle to the 

 greatest advantage, but would probably hare succumbed to the fearful pressure, had not two 



re providentially entered th room, and by breaking away the Serpent's t--th n-loased the 

 man from his terrible assailant. Exr-]>! th.- friirhtand a few wounds from tin- Serpent's teeth, 

 no evil results ensued. Th> n-iir--'iit:iti..ti in our picture is one-tenth of tli- actual 

 of the specimen from which it was drawn. 



