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THE POISONOUS SNAKES OF INDIA. 



(o) 'Fayrer records the follow- 

 ing:— 



A krait, about 30 inches long, was 

 bitten by a krait 48 inches long 

 without ill-e£Fect. 



^Another krait, about 20 inches 

 long, was bitten by a krait, 42 inches 

 long, with a similar result. 



(6) ■'Fayrer also records that a 

 large cobra was bitten in the body 

 by a Daboia and showed no ill- 

 effeet. 



(6) 'Fayrer mentions a small krait 

 bitten near the tail by a large one 

 at 1 p.m; it was dead the next 

 morning. 



(6) •'Fayrer again reports a full 

 grown cobra being bitten iu the 

 body by a Daboia. It died two 

 days later. 



^ Thanatoph Ser. 23 Expt. 8. 

 = Loc. cit. Ser. 24 Expt. 14. 

 ■* Loc. cit. Ser. 21 Expt. 17. 

 * Loc. cit. Ser. 8 Expt. 28. 

 '■ Loc cit. Ser. 8 Expt. 29. 



