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THE SNAKE CASTS UP THE SHELL. 

 Fig. 50. — Continued. Behold him casting up the ciumpled egg-shelL In 16C (figure three) we see him coiling 

 himself up for a nap after his meal. The last picture shows the skull, and part of the back-bone of 

 an Egg-eater. The sharp enamel-tipped sawing apparatus, in appearance like a long row of teeth, is 

 seen on the lower portion of the backbone. There is one on each section of the backbone. They 

 protrude into the top portion of the gullet. The rather long projections at the opposite end to the 

 skull are not enamel-tipped. They hold the egg in position whilst the sawing operation is in progress. 



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