having ir&ctA him into the jungle, found him suspended to 

 a tree, with several folds twioed rouod hii body. The keep- 

 er attempted to sever theee with bis a word, but the weajxin 

 made oo impreBsbn. An old woodmnu, hearing of the cir- 

 cumstance, sfiid, "Thiiia the elephaot-auepending snake; 

 in the interior of Siam there arc many auch, but I did not ex- 

 pect to find them here. Neither axes nor saws will affect 

 them J but they are afraid of fire. On applying fire, therefore, 

 the snake fell to pieces ^ and died ; having collected tbe joints 

 and measured them, they found tlie animal to be upwards of 

 a hundred feet in length. SS|S Ong-t^-hotv, attended 

 by several others, once went to aee one of these. 



THE HHlNOCEEOa- 



This nnimal in form resembles a buffalo, but ie much larg^ 

 er. Is ikia is rough like the hide of th^ ^ ^ te-che fruit, 

 (dimocarpus Utchi) • every protuberance is about tlie si^e 

 of a copper cash ■ there is a mart acroae its back, something 

 lilce a horse'e saddle, which also covara its neck ; the feet arc 

 thick and clunnsy, like those of the elephant ; its head reeem- 

 blcs that of a rat, with a mouth like that of a tortoise. It is fond 

 of roaming through ihe thorny bushes, and delights in eat- 

 ing the shoots of the young bamboos. It has one horn oo the 

 bridge of its nose, but ilie common rcpreBentation of this an- 

 mal with a horn on the forehead is incorrect. Thie animal 

 I have seen with my owii eyes. Whenever it relreats into 

 the deep forests, and buls againsl the trees, they are iaime- 

 diately thrown down ; on its approach all birds and beasts 

 flee away. 



IGUANA, Oa 0 ^ THE FOUR-FOOTED SNAKE. 



In shape it resembles a lizard ; ita tail is three-cornered and 

 very Urge j its skin is like that of the variegated snake ; it 

 fi&es away on tlie approach of men, and does not attempt to 

 injure them. The large ones art several feel long; it is 



