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... Cobra de capello Instance of land snakes found at sea 193 Tame snakes Singular tradition regarding the cobra de capello Uropeltida .-- New species discover- ed in Ceylon Buddhist veneration for the bra de capello 191 . 192 ( note ) 193 ...
... Cobra de capello Instance of land snakes found at sea 193 Tame snakes Singular tradition regarding the cobra de capello Uropeltida .-- New species discover- ed in Ceylon Buddhist veneration for the bra de capello 191 . 192 ( note ) 193 ...
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... cobra de capello ; and I have been assured that the coolies coming from the coast of India accus- tom themselves to eat a single seed per day in order to acquire the desired protection from the effects of this serpent's bite.2 In these ...
... cobra de capello ; and I have been assured that the coolies coming from the coast of India accus- tom themselves to eat a single seed per day in order to acquire the desired protection from the effects of this serpent's bite.2 In these ...
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... Cobra de capello and other poisonous snakes , which it attacks with as little hesitation as the harmless ones , it may be seen occasionally to retreat , and even to retire into the jungle , and , it is added , to eat some vegetable ...
... Cobra de capello and other poisonous snakes , which it attacks with as little hesitation as the harmless ones , it may be seen occasionally to retreat , and even to retire into the jungle , and , it is added , to eat some vegetable ...
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... cobra . It is this display of instinctive ingenuity that Lucan1 celebrates where he paints the Ichneumon diverting the attention of the asp , by the motion of his bushy tail , and then seizing it in the midst of its confusion ...
... cobra . It is this display of instinctive ingenuity that Lucan1 celebrates where he paints the Ichneumon diverting the attention of the asp , by the motion of his bushy tail , and then seizing it in the midst of its confusion ...
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... Cobra - tel , which is regarded with so much horror by the Singhalese , the unfortunate Kabra- goya is forced to take a painfully pro- minent part . The receipt , as writ- ten down by a Kandyan , was sent to me from Kornegalle by Mr ...
... Cobra - tel , which is regarded with so much horror by the Singhalese , the unfortunate Kabra- goya is forced to take a painfully pro- minent part . The receipt , as writ- ten down by a Kandyan , was sent to me from Kornegalle by Mr ...
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