 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...they may lurk for several days together, and digest their meal in safety. The least effort then will destroy them; they scarcely can make any resistance;...even the naked Indians do not fear to assail them. BOA CRCBBHCO 1 DIKE. THE GREAT BOA. But it is otherwise wlien this sleeping interval of digestion is... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1883 - 400 pages
...they may bask for several days together, and digest their meal in safety. The smallest effort will destroy them : they scarcely can make any resistance...not fear to assail them. But it is otherwise when the sleeping interval of digestion is over ; they then issue, with famished appetites, from their retreats,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...retreat, where they may lurk for several days and digest their meal in safety. The least effort then will destroy them ; they scarcely can make any resistance...and equally unqualified for flight or opposition, they are easily assailed. Beautiful Trce-Soakes. There are many serpents of very slender form, which,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...retreat, where they may lurk for several days and digest their meal in safety. The least effort then will destroy them; they scarcely can make any resistance;...and equally unqualified for flight or opposition, they are easily assailed. • Beautiful Tree-Snakes. There are many serpents of very slender form,... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 pages
...retreat, where they may lurk for several days and digest their meal in safety. The least effort then will destroy them ; they scarcely can make any resistance...and equally unqualified for flight or opposition, they are easily assailed. Beautiful Tree-Snakes. There are many serpents of very slender form, which,... | |
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The least effort then will destroy them; they scarcely can make any resistance; and equally unqualified for flight or opposition, even the naked Indians do not fear to assail them. But it is otherwise when this sleeping interval of digestion is over;... 
