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CHAPTER VIII. 



Snake Charmers. A Port Elizabeth Snake Catcher. Can snakes 

 fascinate their prey ? What really happens. Heroism of birds. 

 Wrong conclusions. Captive snakes and birds. Paralysed 

 with fear. Hypnotism. Advice to Campers Out. Horse hair 

 ropes. Snakes and their mates. Catcliing Uve snakes. How 

 to collect and preserve snakes. Kafir superstitions. An 

 exciting incident. Feeding snakes on live animals . . 246-282 



CHAPTER IX. 



Human Physiology. 



The brain and nervous system. The blood and how it is made. The 

 science of health. A self-acting pump. Ehxir of life. How we 

 poison our blood. White corpuscles that eat up disease 

 microbes. The Lymph and Lymphatics. How venom gets into 

 the blood 283-308 



CHAPTER X. 



Alleged Snake Bite Cures. 



Results of experiments with a large number of so-called antidotes 309-341 



CHAPTER XL 

 Poison apparatus of snakes. Snake venom, its nature and effects 342-381 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Scientific treatment of snake bite. Permanganate of Potash. 



Results of Experiments. Serum Treatment . . . 382-440 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Latest Systematic List of South African Snakes for the use of 

 Museum Curators and Scientific Students. By Dr. G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., of the British Museum . . 441-462 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Items of Snake Knowledge. Miscellaneous Information . 463-480 



Index 537 



Index to Illustrations . . . . . . 545 



