LOxNTEJN'TIS 

 CHAPTEB XXVIIL 



SNAKES. 



Firtt Impression of a Tropical. Forest - Exaggerated Fears — Comparative rareness 

 of Venomous Snakes— Their Habite and External Characters— Anecdote of 

 the Prince of Neu Wied — The Bite of the Trigonocephalus— Antidotes — 

 Fangs of the Venomous Snakes described— The Bush-Master — The Echidna 

 Ocellata — The Rattlesnakes —Extirpated by Hogs — The Cobra de Capello — 

 Indian Snake-Charmers— Maritime Excursions of the Cobra— The Egyptian 

 Haje-The Cerastes— Boas and Pythons— The Jiboya— The Anaconda — 

 Enemies of the Serpents— The Secretary - The Adjutant— The Mungoos— A 

 St>rpent swaUowed by another— The I-ocomotion of Serpents— Anatomy of their 

 Jaws— A Python-Meal— Serpents feeding in the Zoological Gardens— Domesti- 

 cation of the Rat-Snake— Water-Snakes .... Page 310 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



LIZABDS, FKOGS AND TOADS. 



Their Multitude within the Tropics — The Geckoes — Anatomy of their Feet — 

 The Anolis — Their Lore of Fight — The Chameleon — Its wonderful Changes 

 of Colour — Its Habits — Peculiarities of its Organisation — The Iguana — The 

 Ttyu — The Water-Lizards — Lizard Worship on the Coast of Africa — The 

 Flying Dragon — The Basilisk — Frogs and Toads — The Pipa— The Bahia 

 Toad — The Giant Toad — The Musical Toad — Brazilian and Surinam Tree- 

 Frogs .....--.- 328 



CHAPTER XXX, 



TORTOISES AND TUETLES. 



The Galapagos — The Elephantine Tortoise — The Marsh-Tortoises — Mantega — 

 River-Tortoises — Marine Turtles — On the Brazilian Coast — Their numerous 

 Enemies — The Island of Ascension — Turtle-Catching at the Bahama and 

 Keeling Islands — Turtle caught by means of the Sucking-Fish — The Green 

 Turtle— The Hawksbill Turtle — Turtle-Scaling in the Feejee Islands — Barbarous 

 mode of selling Turtle-Flesh in Ceylon — The Coriaceous Turtle — Its awful 

 ^^lln^lc^ ........ 339 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS. 



Their HabitH— The Ga vial and the Tiger— Mode of Seizing their Prey — Their 

 Voice — Their Preference of Human Flesh— Alligator against Alligator— Won- 

 derftil Tenacity of Life — Tenderness of the Female Cayman for her Young— 

 Enemies of the Crocodile — Torpidity of Crocodiles diu'ing the Dry Season — 

 Thi-ir Awakening from their Lethargy with the First Rains — " Tickling a Cro- 

 "' " ...... 350 



