This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ... creature; and those who deal in poison among them (an art much esteemed in the island of Java, by both sexes) hang it up with a string tied to the tail on the ceiling, by which means, it being exasperated to the highest pitch, sends forth a yellow liquor out of its mouth, which they gather in small pots set underneath ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ... creature; and those who deal in poison among them (an art much esteemed in the island of Java, by both sexes) hang it up with a string tied to the tail on the ceiling, by which means, it being exasperated to the highest pitch, sends forth a yellow liquor out of its mouth, which they gather in small pots set underneath, and afterwards coagulate into a body in the sun. This they continue for several months together, by giving daily food to the creature. It is unquestionably the strongest poison in the world; its urine being of so corrosive a quality, that it not only raises blisters wherever it touches the skin, but turns the flesh black, and causes a gangrene." - We have introduced this animal in the group of reptiles at the head of the chapter. It is on a small eminence in the fore-ground. b Scripture Illustrated, in loco; or Nat. Hist. in Fragments, p. 73. c Ap. Churchill's Voyage, vol. ii. p. 12. THE CHAMELEON. The Hebrew word TO (Lev. xi. 30), which our version, after the LXX. and Jerom, renders chameleon, is by Bochart, and most modern critics, thought to be a green lizard, called by the Arabs warral or guaral--strong, or lively and bold; qualities denoted both by the Arabic and the Hebrew words. The warral is said to fight against serpents, and sometimes to kill them; whence the Greeks have called it oiovdcoc, and the Arabs have many proverbs taken from this disposition." According to Leo Africanus, it is sometimes thirty inches in length; being usually of a bright reddish colour, with darkish spots.b It is of a docible nature, and appears to be much affected by music. Dr. Shaw states, that he has seen several of them keep exact time and motion with the dervishes in their circulatory dances, running over their heads and arms, turning wh...
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo. Rebound in basic dark green half leather with lighter green cloth covered boards, hinges cracked but remains solid, front hinge reinforced with tape repair. Occasional spotting or browning, otherwise content clean and tidy and firm.
