Explorations and adventures in Honduras, comprising sketches of travel in the gold regions of Olancho, and a review of the history and general resources of Central America (1857)
Wells, William V. (William Vincent), 1826-1876 · New-York, Harper & brothers · leaf 409
is the signal for all within hear- ing to rush from the spot. The taboba is said to be very slug- gish, and almost torpid during the day, and is reckoned a great sneak, as he only crawls between sunset and sunrise, and then at a pace to make up for his temporary inactivity. A finger bitten in the… … THE SCORPION. pents are known to exist, but my knowledge of them was confined to one seen at Santa Ur- sula in Nicaragua. So much space devoted to poisonous snakes merits to be ter- minated with a description of the best-known antidote, which I became familiar with, in the shape of a parasitical…
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