Note 18 — Chapter II · OPHIDIAN REPTILES, OR TRUE SNAKES. (continued 2)

In Chapman's "Travels in the Interior of South Africa" (vol. ii. p. 59), we read—"May 19th. I lost my best Dog, Cæsar. He had seized a large Puff-adder by the tail, and shook it. When the Snake was released it darted at the Dog's face, and having fixed its fangs in its cheek, stuck there like a Bull-dog until it was killed. The Dog only survived ten minutes."—Ed.