 | 1840 - 506 pages
...a process which takes place in all the Indian serpents several times during the year. The Hamadryas is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue, when opposed : while the Cophias, the Vipera, the Naja, and the Bungarus, merely defend themselves ; which done,... | |
 | 1840 - 512 pages
...a process which takes place in all the Indian serpents several times during the year. The Hamadryat is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue, when opposed: while the Copnias, the Vipera, the Naja, and the Bungarus, merely defend themselves; which done, they... | |
 | Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...a process which takes place in all the Indian Serpents several times during the year. The Hamadryas is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue when opposed; while the Cophias, the Vipera, the Naja, and the Bungarus, merely defend themselves; which done, they... | |
 | Francis Mason - 1851 - 748 pages
...thick trunk, and short tail. It is of a darker colour than the common cobra, nearly black. I have neTer seen it, but the description given me accords so well...generic characters of hamadryas, that it must be a speeiss of that genus. " The hamadryas," says Dr. Cantor, " is very fierce, and is always ready not... | |
 | Francis Mason - 1860 - 944 pages
...trunk, and short tail. It is of a darker colour than 2M* the common cobra, nearly black. I have never seen it, but the description given me accords so well...ready not only to attack, but to pursue, when opposed ;" this, too, is a conspicuous trait in our Tenasserun serpent. An intelligent Burman told me that... | |
 | 1868 - 312 pages
...glauco-nigro marmorato." — Cantor. It is said to be very dangerous and aggressive (Dr. Cantor says "it is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue when opposed") ; and stories are told — I know not if truly — that it has chased men for hours when disturbed... | |
 | Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society - 1878 - 914 pages
...vaiiety from Rangoon, nearly twelve feet in length." "The Hamadryas, says Dr. Cantor, is very tierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue, when opposed ; this too is a conspicuous trait in the Tenasserim serpent." " As its name implies, it feeds upon... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1884 - 892 pages
...vainly endeavoring to aid liberation by twisting round a branch of a tree inside its cage. This snake is very fierce, and " is always ready not only to attack, but to pursue when opposed." A story is told of a Burman who disturbed a nest of these serpents and immediately retreated, the old... | |
 | 1840 - 474 pages
...a process which takes place in all the Indian serpents several times during the year. The Hamadryas is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack but to pursue when opposed; while the Cophias, the Vipera, the Naja, and the Bungarus, merely defend themselves, which done, they... | |
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Specimens of this serpent in my possession changed the skin every third or fourth month, a process which takes place in all the Indian serpents several times during the year. The Hamadryas is very fierce, and is always ready not only to attack, but to... 