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97 on their tail, at the approach of a larger animal, erect their head, and inflict the deadly wound in a mo- ment; while some of those who are less so, when closely pursued, or excited by rage or fear, will emit a most horrible foetor, in order, as it were, to force the enemy to retire from the pursuit. The Black Snake of Virginia lays its eggs in dung- hills or hotbeds, where, aided by the heat of the sun, they are hatched and brought to maturity. The blind worms betake themselves, at the app...roach of winter, to those secret recesses, where, in a state of torpidity, they are sometimes found in vast numbers twisted to- gether; and the common earth-worm, when warned of danger from the mole, by the moving of the earth, darts upwards to the surface, and is out of his reach in an instant. Uses of Reptiles. In a former part we noticed the indispensable ne- cessity of animals of prey, and the bad consequences that must have inevitably ensued had the whole of earth's various tenants been left to die a natural death, and their carcases been left to rot unhuried Amongst animals of this descripflR we may un- doubtedly reckon the race of Serpents; and whether we consider the fitness of their bodies for entering the dens, and caves, and holes of the earth, or their voracious appetites for such sort of food in common with reptiles of an inferior order, we must certainly allow that they are wonderfully adapted for the pur- it 98 BOOK OF NATURE LAID OPEN, pose.
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