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taken, suddenly turns round, ready to use his 

 defensive weapons. The bird stops, and turns in 

 one of his wings to protect the lower parts of his 

 body. A real duel then begins. The snake throws 

 himself on his enemy, who at each stroke parries 



Fig. 4. 



with the end of his wing; the fangs are buried in 

 the great feathers which terminate it, and there leave 

 their poison without producing any effect. All this 

 time with the other wing the Secretary repeatedly 

 strikes the reptile, who is at last stunned, and rolls 



