 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 páginas
...Scripture Illustrated," p. 540. [Mr. Pennant describes a species of jaculvs, among the Indian reptiles, called the whip snake, from its resemblance to the lash of a whip. Its colour is a beautiful green. Concealing itself with the more ease on that account among the... | |
 | John Hawkshaw - 1838 - 294 páginas
...generalship and a few more cuts with the stick, I killed my adversary and carried him off. Another variety, called the whip snake, from its resemblance to the lash of a whip, was, from the brittleness of its body, very difficult to procure. If struck at with a stick,... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1869 - 706 páginas
...went into my room, as we could not bear to see it. In a few moments Harry triumphantly an- , nounced that it was all over, but he seemed rather disappointed...myself, and, though it was quite by accident, I felt as proud as if I had performed a great feat of strength or valour. I was dressed for riding and had my... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1839 - 776 páginas
...generalship and a few more cuts with the stick, I killed my adversary and carried him off. ' Another variety, called the whip snake, from its resemblance to the lash of a whip, was, from the brittleness of its body, very difficult to procure. If struck at with a stick,... | |
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There is a very small snake, only two feet long, called the ' whip snake,' from its resemblance to the lash of a... 