Excerpt from Indian Snakes, an Elementary Treatise on Ophiology With a Descriptive Catalogue of the Snakes, Found in India and the Adjoining Countries The First Edition of this Manual was sadly deficient iil illustrations. This has been repaired by the addition of plates, which in every case reproduce drawings taken by me from specimens or dissections. As illustrative of the physio logical part and aiding in the recognition of the principal kinds of snakes, I trust that they will be found to answer their purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.