Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 268
he sound of bagpipes, whichans greatly excited the snake; . . . soft minorchords were then played and a suddensharp discord struck without warning.The snake flinched whenever this wasdone, as if it had been struck. Thisseems to show that the snakes have ahighly sensitive nervous-organization.The… … THE HOODED COBRA. serpents quarters. He says: We selectedfor our serenade a large yellow Indian cobra,which was lying coiled up asleep on the gravelat the bottom of his cage. At the first noteof the violin the snake instantly raised itshead, and fixed its bright yellow eye with aset gaze on the…
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