THE 
SPECTACLE SNAKE, 
O R 
COBRA de C A P E L L. O* 
Generic Character. 
Tranfverfe La?nella > under the abdomen. 
Broad alternate Scales under the taiJ. 
Specific Character. 
FERRUGINOUS-YELLOW SNAKE, with 
the neck (generally) much dilated, and 
marked above by a fpeflacle-fhaped fpot of 
black and white. 
The abdominal plates are about 193. 
The fub caudal fcales 60. 
In Europe the noxious part of the ferpent tribe is 
happily confined to a very few poifonous fpecies; but 
the vaft regions of India and Africa, and the extenfive 
■wilds of America, are infefted by a variety of thefe 
dreadful reptiles; fome of which are but too well pro¬ 
vided with the fatal power of deftroying mankind by 
their bite. 
Such 
