VI. Some Account of the Large Snake Alea-azagur, (Boa 

 Constrictor of Linnjeus), found in the Province of 

 Tipperah. Communicated hy Mr James Russell. Ex- 

 traded from the Memorandum Book of John Cor'se 

 Scott, Esq. 



[Read 28th April 1807]. 



February 1. 1787. 



A Large fnake of this fpecies. was brought to Comillah. 

 It meafured 15 feet 3 inches in length, and 18 inches in 

 circumference about the middle. This meafurement, however, 

 varied confiderably by the wreathings and contortions it made, 

 in order to free itfelf from confinement. 



The cefophagus, from the mouth to the pylorus, or bottom 

 of the ftomach, meafured altogether 9 feet 3 inches, and was fo 

 wide as to take in a man's head with eafe. The ftomach was 

 eafily diftinguifhed by the thicknefs of its coats, or the number 

 of rugae on its internal furface. But there was no contraction 

 at the cardia or entrance of the ftomaeh. The outlet or pylo- 

 rus, however, was fo narrow as hardly to admit two fingers. 



The. head of the fnake was fmall in proportion to its body. 

 And I was curious to obferve the meehanifm of the jaw, by 

 which it can {q eafily take into its mouth any fubftance as large 

 as the thicker! part of its body. > 



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