, 1873-07-13

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DEan1Y SNAKES AMI HnGs
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Why Venomous Reptiles DO Not
| Flourish 4uerc..The Reason India ls
| Infested with hSnnlkcu..Iscpttlcs Drfv.
inr nm army Uask-.rho Amerlcnu
| pinuecr,. Escar Erac,,a..A E,ir1,t 12r-
| tsu.cn. "a saw nn1 nnettoa.,cxe
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BIN: An editorial published In the s''n on the
subject OF tho torrib]o mortality from Hnako
bites in Indin disclosed somo startling factB !:
the uoat SURPRISING of which is tho great nun.
oef Of persons VINO perish annually in British in-
DID from attacks by these reptiles, one authority
nYerrng that lin Homo years aB many as 20, 200
people aro killed By snakes in Hindostan alone. y
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n.t a1on o1 Huas ~ toaa VI i1a'", =" "ou'u aoea'
tn"E Inc '1lobt ootHe'y popnlatoa parts OF that
country arc tho most infested with poisonous
reptiles; in other words, whoro thoro are tho
oo' Fo'lAo |uo4' t4o .. .ea.ohs nuiApoi VI nnahe6
are TO DO 1ound. Exactly tho roVerae OF thia is
| tho cass in America, 10 far as our own country
| extenIs, for here the more numerous tho nnp,,-
! m' ~ Nv o."Ao' - wy f"s"' ntn1
snousn "o nAFo pfooaoiy creator variety OF
deadly aerponts than exists In any othor quarter
| Of tho globe. Among thoae may bo enumerated
the several species of moccasin, the copporlead,
and that purely American reptile, the rattle
snake, which n. Bnffon, IN hiH article on ie ser
pent soneao says tnhabitH nearly all tho oorn-
tries Of the Nc" World. Besides those and other
varieties may bo noticed the cotton mouth Of
tho marBhea OF the Lower mississippi, q darls
short, muscular viper, with tho lnsido Of its
mouth perfectly white, WHICH turks In swampy
places, for whose bite no antidoto is known, but
III quickly followed BY certain DEATH
Thore are two Ways Of accounting for tho au-
perabunaanco OF Anakcs IN lnula. ono Is by tho
suporstislous vonoration Or tho Hlnaoos for tho
most doadiy sorpsnts, which leaves them unmo.
lohtod, and enables them to multiply without
limit. bolno Ruch reBllit a. this must also hayo
| neen roa!ized N Egypt, whore al sorts OF rep.
ties wero worshlpod. JoHephuH tells ns that
MOSES was N 1ho military service OF thar9oh DO
fore he 0uarT:elcd with that potentato. In ono
OF hts expeditions aSainat tho Nuslars his army
was 20 harassea by INC serpnht1, Wii1ch swafineu
the llno OF A's march up tho Nile, that he lost
mora mon by anale.bitos than from the derts Of
tho Nub!ann. Indeed, his army, according to
this authority, on ono or two occasions was
nnTTly nna @ to To rons ny venomoMs snakeB.
u,ha ' ~ y, Ius 10 tn an.re; so
~ n Gsn ~ suuhs apica n ~, ~ 1a u
!ieE = hsohllntena Us ~ a1sicio ol ,ooa. Nellnor
t no aaauo ; tspa .h4 l., as tnr, i or;s u
tno en.li6 " ~ ~ ut1t aotn' Aua uountJ ~
thus aenllSoa q most ohAcinnt @ aa1tllaIy IN tue
- oo ''nts ,;' us s .ue inpis
III onoHy % u an"Ses; ' mo h'ig snem 9oeauae no
.no H. A% ~ t,; mou u1au u
| Mnerevor tho ancaease o. stne nse1ot animal u
v tne o tor e
tsoe9 ~ slns ;aas H. t 1n i ns
ti1o aiuoo ucnpluoh suo aok WHY ~ pattoHe6
liz oinE anf. 10 aath at tba rsto ~
~ " mn M aa1u e'uus "ea'n ~ Ano ia'o Va
o4 @ " .; Aa.ullSan ae ulnets tton tno
''ass in ,;,i -, - etS ~ IL. nust o!hor IT,
stoesh. LIE ~ H. enaao ahn lo9tula 'uu no8
hior nIIH ~ ta to whon to hna1as
| ul."oItaA9e WY eoLt'c!'ot4t - 10" cpnisiy Ae