ntact with the limb, pleted for the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Com- and this serves to give him greater purchase and a pany, under the direction of their engineer, Mr. J. W. CHARACTERISTIC POISES OF SNAKES, better hold in striking at his prey. The boa’s head is Restler. The work has been carried… … about 1544 miles. The tunnel is of a circular section, 9 compact. Another snake that has a peculiar charac- feet in diameter, and is constructed of cast iron plates teristic is the lora (Ah@tulla liocerca), of Venezuela. 1 inch thick, bolted together in segments, and in He is a whip-like diurnal…
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