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while the i-eruamder of the body is left free to wvnp around 

 its prey. It is iuiportant to note that pythons liave ves- 

 tiges of hind hinbs. 



The boa constrictor and anac(jii(hi are t\\-o very large 

 snakes that ar-e found in South America. The anaconda is 

 said to attain a length of thu-ty feet. 



' Cobra of India. — Witli but one excejition, this is the 

 most deadly animal in existence. Yet it is cei'tainly handled 



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with impunity by those strange men of India, the jugglers 

 or snake charmei's. The fangs and poison apparatus are 

 much like those of the rattlesnake except that the fangs 

 of the colir-a ai-e permanently ei-ect, while those of the rattle- 

 snake ai-e erected un(k'r excitement. The bite of the cobra 



