INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



549 



Ringhals cobra 



and young . 

 black variety 

 venom on glass 



175 

 184 



184 

 188 



Sand Snake {Psammophis) . 

 Schaapstekers .... 



and eggs 

 Scorpions .... 



Sea snake [Hydrus platurus) — head of 

 dentition of 

 black and yellow . 

 Section of human skin, and how venom 

 Serum injection into arm 

 ,. leg 

 ,, vein 

 how to inject ... 

 Shield snakes .... 

 Skull of typical back-fanged snake 

 Skulls of front-fanged snakes 



,, of non-venomous and venomous 

 of Typhlops snakes . 

 of Glauconia snakes . 

 and dentition of non-venomous 

 Snake casting its skin 

 Snakes' eggs .... 



in act of swallowing their prey 

 heads for comparison 

 Snakes — how to hold them 

 Snake-like lizard 

 Snake pets 



stone 

 Stomach of man 

 Study plate of snakes' heads 



is driven in 



snakes 



skin 



167, I 



124 



129 



131 

 326 

 156 

 157 

 159 

 388 

 409 

 410 

 411 

 419 



95. 465. 467 

 118 



163 



344 



51 



56 



81 



17 



[8. 465 



39 



361 



192 



15 

 260 

 469 



295 



48 



Typhlops Snake (blind burrowing snake) 

 „ ,, arrangement of scales 



53, 55 

 • 54 



Veins and arteries .... 

 Venom of Ringhals, how collected . 

 Venomous snakes — -mode of capture 

 Ventrals, anals and sub-caudals of a snake 

 Viperine fangs ..... 

 Viscera of man ..... 



312, 371 



297. 304 



373. 373 



. 269 



49 



• 353 



291 



