CONTENTS XIX 



CHAPTER PAQB 

 XVIII, — How BEPTILES PEODUCE THEIR YOUNG — INCUBA- 

 TION OP EGGS BT THE PYTHONS— OVIPAROUS AND 

 OVOVIVIPAROUS SNAKES — ThE NUMBER, OF YOUNG 

 PRODUCED — How LONG REPTILES LlVE-/rHE BIOG- 

 RAPHY OP A RATTLESNAKE 172 



XIX. — The care op reptiles in captivity — Eccen- 

 tricity OP appetite — Fasting of poisonous 



snakes — How THE BIG PYTHON WAS SAVED — 



Cannibal snakes — Novel method of feeding 

 THE KING COBRA— Maladies op captive rep- 

 tiles 179 



XX.— Peculiarities of poisonous snakes— The art op 



HANDLING VENOMOUS • REPTILES — ThB GiLA MON- 

 STER — Experimenting with snake poison — 

 Shedding of the poison fangs — Concerning 

 tee hostility op poisonous reptiles — Surgi- 

 cal operation on a cobra — Composition of 



SNAKE poison : ITS EFFECTS — ANTITOXIN . . 189 



XXI. — Collecting reptiles— How water-snakes are 

 CAUGHT— Difficulties in capturing lizards — 

 Hunting the local reptiles — Where rep- 

 tiles MAY BE i;OUND — ThE TIME TO COLLECT — 



Hunting at night 196 



XXII.— Intelligence of reptiles — Training alligators 

 —The story of Sblima— Do snakes swallow 

 their young?— Giant toUtoises- The last 



SURVIVORS op the REPTILIAN AGE . . . 205 



Index 213 



