INDEX. 



Ablabophis genus, 82 



Adaptation of snakes to surround- 

 ings, 41 



Adders, 213 



Aglypha snakes, 80 



Alcohol for snake bite, 325 



Alleged cures for snake bite, 309 



Amblyodipsas, 127 



American snake catcher, 254 



Ammonia cure, 332 



Amplorhinus, 120 



Anatomy of head of venomous 

 snake, 25 



Ancestors of birds, 4-8 



Animal ladder of life, 15 



Animals, how they are rendered 

 immune, 391 

 that eat snakes, 29 



Anti-venene serum, 390 



Anti-venomous serum, 397 

 instructions, 426 



Aparallactus, 128 



Apparently dead, hope of recovery, 



434 



Artificial respiration methods, 432- 



433 

 Aspidelaps, 165 

 Atractaspis adder, 220 



vipers : habits of, 243 



B. 



Back-fanged snake, 118 



snakes, list of, 116- 

 128 

 Berg adder, 232 

 figure of, 240 

 another figure of, 242 

 habits of, 243 

 Bewitched snakes, 278 

 Bird that eats snakes, figure of, 339 1 



Bitis, key to the species, 216 

 Black and yellow sea snake, 15G 



fangs of, 157 

 Blood, how it is made, 289 



we poison it, 299 

 its circulation, 300 

 Boodon, 84 

 Boomslang, a cannibal, 136 



a man bitten, 141, 147 

 another man bitten, 



144 

 dissected, 152 

 effects of being bitten, 



142 

 experiments, 145 

 that bit Williams, 143 

 Boomslangs, a handful of, 154 



and their habits, 148 

 are highly venomous, 



140, 146 

 just captured, 149 

 the fangs of, 141 

 what naturalists say, 

 13S 

 Boulenger's systematic list of 



African snakes, 441—462 

 Brain and nervous system, 283 

 its functions, 284 

 the seat of intelligence, 285 

 of a man, 286 

 cells showing poison, 287 

 and the spinal cord, 288 

 Breathing apparatus, 20 

 Bruin slang, 170 

 Brunton's first-aid instruments, 



401 

 Burrowing snakes, 50 

 Bush snake, 97 



Calamelaps, 127 

 Cannibal boomslang, 264 

 cobras, 177 



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