Strange stories of the animal world : A book of curious contributions to natural history / by John Timbs.
- John Timbs
- Date:
- 1866
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Strange stories of the animal world : A book of curious contributions to natural history / by John Timbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VI. Stories of Serpent Life 140—177 Professor Owen on Sei-pcnts, 140, 141. Serpents’ Eggs, 142. Vast Serpents, 142, 143. Pliny’s Stories, 143. Great length of Serpents, 144. The Asp and Cleopatra, 144, 145. The Jugglers’ Serpents, 146. Pictures of Serpents, 146. Serpents’ Tongues and Stones, 148. Her- cules and the Snakes, 149. Virgil’s Laocoon, 150. Constricting Ser- ])ents, 150. The Boa-Constrictor, 151. How Serpents jirogress, 151. Serpent on hoard the Alcestc, 152. Serpent Worship, or Oheahism, 153. The Python, 154. Serpents and Dragons,;155. Serpent in the Sea, 156. Sei'iient Idols, 157. Serpent-eater, 158. Snake Charms and Sujiersti- sions, 159. Viper Confections, and Antidotes to Serpent Bites, 160. Kattlesnake Bites, 160, 161. Serpent-eaters, 162. Seriient-stings, 162. Ceylonese Serpents, 163. Cobra di Capello, 164. Cingalese Ticpolonga, 165. Serpent on the Ganges, 166. Snake-charmers’ Secrets, 167. Serpent of the Hesperides, 167. Kattlesnake Poison, 168. How the Boa destroys Animals, 170. Boa in the ToAver Menagerie, 170. Serpent of the Great Desert, 171. Mr. Waterton’s Adventure with a Serpent, 172. Two-headed Serpent, 173. Serpents not in Ireland or Malta, 173, 174. The Great Python of the Sunda Isles, 175. Zoological Society’s Serpents, 176. Serpents’ Enemies, 177. The Secretary Bird, 177. VII. Electric Fishes, their History and ArrciCATiON . . 178—200. The Torpedo, 178. The Gymnotus, 179. Early Slujck-machine, 181. Torpedo employed by the Ancients, 182. Nile Electric Fish, 184. Thunder-fish, 185. Electricity and the Toi'i)edo, 186. Hum- boldt’s Account of Gymnoti caught with Horses, 186. Shock of the Gymnotus, 189. The Gymnotus in England, 191, 192. Faraday’s Experiments Avitli the Gymnotus, 193. Experiments at Naples, 194. New Electric Fish, 195. Number of Electric Fishes, 200. Gymnoti exhibited to the Royal Society, 200.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28127420_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
