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. 



THE 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 



