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O r a i , a snake , a serpent. The following names of snakes are known to the Sunda people. 

 Banen, the pig snake, large and black, often seen swimmiug across water, butisnot 



poisonous. 

 Bed ui, the swine snake, large and black, not poisonous. 

 Bungkalaut, found on trees , red and yellow — very poisonous. 

 Chabé, a small thin snake, often on bushes, not generally poisonous , but at certain 



seasons is very bad. The natives teil you that on fridciys the bite is poisonous, 

 D u 1 ë k , small black sort , gets into the ani of fowls and kills them. 

 K a d u t , rather thick, fond of being about water, and catches fish ; not poisonous. 

 K ë u p ë u 1 , found upon trees , but gets out of the way and does not bite. 

 Laki, the male snake. Reported to be immensely large, and many incredible stories 



are told of it, so that it may be safely considered as a fabulous snake. Thought 



to be a great enemy of man , but there are none in Java. 

 L ë m b u , the bullock snake. There are many fabulous stories about this snake, which 



show it to be only imaginary. It is said to have horns and is seen only in 



great floods. 

 M a u n g , the tiger snake , in red and brown rings ; very venomous. 

 P i c h u n g , small kind, brown and black in stripes lengthwise of body. 

 Puchuk, a large snake of green colour, treliced with black , blue and yellow stripes. 



Found upon bushes and trees and seldom on the ground. Lives on birds and in- 



sects. 

 Sancha, a Boa constrictor. Kills animals by winding itselfround them and so crushing 



them, preparatory to swallowing them. These snakes are often 15 or 16 feet long. 

 Sancha Manuk, greenish and white. Often found on trees or in large buildings se- 



creted among the rafters, where it lives on mice. Catches and kills fowls. 

 Sancha Saroni, another variety. 



Sé-éng, quite black ; runs and springs at men, but reports do not say that it is poisonous. 

 S i n d u k , about three feet long and very dark colour ; often attacks and kills fowls or 



their chickens. lts spittle , which it is fond of ejecting is reported to be bad and 



causes bad ulcers. 

 Sulangkar, partly coloured and found on the ground ,• not thought poisonous. 

 Tambang or Banchat, the rope snake or the frog snake ; not venomous , catches 



frogs in swampy places and swallows them whole,hence the second of its names. 

 Tanëuh, the ground snake, mottled and very venomous. This is the most dangerous 



sort there is, lurks in grassy places and frequently bites men or cattle, which die 



in agony, or lose a limb in consequence. 

 W e 1 a 3i g , the pie bald snake ; in black and white rings. Very venomous. 

 AV e 1 i n g , quite black. 

 O rang, a person in general , a human being, an inhabitant of, a person belonging to 

 any particular place or occupation. Orang gunung , a mountaineer, a name by which 



