 It is of a dull lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in the habit of going there to drink. The brute creation it never molests. They avoid it with the same instinct that teaches...  Past and Present of Greene County, Illinois - Page 27by Edward Miner - 1905 - 645 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...rarely seen except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dull lead-colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly Coya. The symptom« of its bite are terrible. The eyes of the patient become red and fiery, his tongue swells... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1824 - 382 pages
...a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate peopie who are in the habit of Coring there to drink. The brute creation it never molests....Coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of our fellow citizens.—I have, therefore, had... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1824 - 434 pages
...lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the untortunate people who are in the habit of going there to drink....that teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly Coy a. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Unitarianism - 1824 - 356 pages
...near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortuuate peopie who are in the habit of zoing there to drink. The brute creation it never molests....same instinct that teaches the animals of Peru to shan the deadly Coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 312 pages
...generally lives near a spring or small •'ream of water, and bites the unfortunate people who lre in the habit of going there to drink. The brute creation...Coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of ou fellow citizens. — I have, therefore, had... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 320 pages
...lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who arc in the hctbit of going there to drink. The brute creation it never...coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of our fellow citizens. I have, therefore, had frequent... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 290 pages
...It is of a dull lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, and hites the unfortunate people, who are in the habit of going...that teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coy a. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dull lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream...coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of our fellow citizens. I have, therefore, had frequent... | |
 | I.E.N. Molesworth - 1836 - 438 pages
...rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dull lead colour, and generally lives near a spring or small stream..." Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of our fellow citizens. I have, therefore, had frequent... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...lives near a spring or small stream ol' water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in the hadi^ of going there to drink. The brute creation it never...same instinct that teaches the animals of Peru to shtin the deadly coya. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settleincuts, to the misery... | |
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