- Author:
- Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir
- Publication Info:
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London:
Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox,
1877,
pg 250
Text on page 250
250 OUR TRIP to burmah.
Besides the above there are the following venomous water-snakes, viz.:a
1. Hydrus or Hydrophis 2. Laticanda.
Major Richardson writes :aa I have often, when out shooting, seen a man catch a large snake by the tail and whirl it round and round until the snake stretches itself out straight, when he slips the disengaged hand along its body and catches it round the neck, letting it run away, and continuing the performance until at last the snake refuses to move at all. One I saw thus treated was over twelve feet in lengthaa large python.aMajor Richardson writes :a a I have often, when out shooting, seen a man catch a large snake by the tail and whirl it round and round until the snake stretches itself out straight, when he slips the disengaged hand along its body and catches it round the neck, letting it run away, and continuing the performance until at last the snake refuses to move at all. One I saw thus treated was over twelve feet in lengtha a large python.a
