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Scientific American, Vol. 92, No. 21 (1905) (1905)

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ookhi (black and yellow). The cylinders are not connected direct to the driving- In many parts of India a cobra of any of these varie- Probably the average annual number of the cobra’s wheel axle, but drive the latter by means of a counter- ties is simply called “Kala samp,” or “N&g s4mp.” victims… … gion to the Philip- but the moment pines. It is much they are disturbed larger than the they assume a me- cobra, one record- nacing attitude. ed specimen meas- The poison of a uring sixteen feet cobra, when thor- nine inches. For- oughly inoculated by a fresh and tunately, it is not vigorous speci-…

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