THE PRINCE OF SERPENTS. 



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Superlative beauty Highly esteemed. 



A still greater favorite is the prince of ser- 

 pents, a native of Japan, that has not its equal 

 for beauty. The scales which cover the back 

 are reddish, fine shaded, and marbled with large 

 spots of irregular figures mixed throughout with 

 black. The gerenda of the East Indies and 

 the African gerenda are highly honored and 

 esteemed. 



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