PYTHON ATTACKING A DEER. 



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THERE is a species of snake called the python, which closely 

 resembles the true boa, but is larger and more terrible. Py- 

 thons are found in India, Africa, and Australia. Wild hogs, 

 antelopes, and even men fall victims to these monsters. They 

 are not poisonous, but strangle and crush their large victims 

 by powerful compression. The ular sawa, or great python 

 of the Sunda Isles is said to exceed, when full grown, thirty 

 feet in length. But the pythons of India have excited the 

 most dread, by their awful depredations. 

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