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THE ANACONDA. 
Pyruon Tieris, Var. 
Tue Anaconda is a name which, like that of the Boa 
Constrictor, has been popularly applied to all the larger 
and more powerful snakes. It appears to be of Cey- 
lonese origin, and may therefore belong of right, as well 
as of usage, to the present Indian species. The serpent 
which passes under this title at the Tower, and which is 
figured above, seems to differ‘in no essential respects 
from the Boa of the preceding article, the only appre- 
ciable distinctions between them consisting in the lighter 
colour, the greater comparative size of the head, and the 
acuteness of the tail of that which at present engages 
our attention. 
Happily the appetite of these gigantic snakes bears 
