 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
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1849 - 316 pages
...it is rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dull leaden color, and generally lives near a spring or small...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. Many of these reptiles have long infested our land, to the misery and destruction of many of our... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in ihc habit of going there to drink. The brute creation...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1845 - 312 pages
...lives near a spring or small stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in the habii of going there to drink. The brute creation it never...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. M-any of thesj reptiles have long infested our land, to the mi,«ry and destruction of many of our... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...it is rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dull leaden color, and generally lives near a spring or small...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. Many of these reptiles have long infested our land, to the misery and destruction of many of our... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...conjectured. It is of a dull lead color, and generally lives near a spring or small stream of water, ami bites the unfortunate people, who are in the habit...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1842 - 322 pages
...of water, and bites the unfortunate people, who are in the habit of going there to drink. The brtlte creation it never molests. They avoid it with the...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. Many of these reptiles have long infested our land, to the misery and destruction of many of our... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 344 pages
...the object of this lesson. 2. This worm varies much in size. It is frequently an inch in +diameter, but, as it is rarely seen, except when coiled, its...teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly coya. 3. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the +misery and destruction of... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 558 pages
...rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be coDJectured. It is of a dead lead colour, and generally lives near a spring, or small stream...that teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly Cova. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlement, to the misery and destruction of... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1878 - 278 pages
...lives near a spring or small .stream of water, and bites the unfortunate people who are in the habit nf 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 362 pages
...unfortunate people who are in the habit of going there to drink. The brute creation it never molegts. They avoid it with the same instinct that teaches the animals of India to shun the deadly co_bra. 3. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settle. meats,... | |
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