The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile
Excerpt: ...are artfully contrived by some diabolical freak of nature as pointed tubes, through which the poison is injected into the base of the wound inflicted. The extreme point of the fang is solid, and is so finely sharpened that beneath a powerful microscope it is perfectly smooth, although the point of the finest needle is rough. A short distance above the solid point of the fang the surface of the tube appears as though cut away, like the first cut of a quill in forming a pen: through this aperture the poison is injected. Hardly had I secured the fangs, when a tremendous clap of thunder shook the earth and echoed from rock to rock amo…
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- ISBN: 978-1-153-69149-9
- EAN: 9781153691499
- Produktnummer: 14786263
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 164 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.9 cm 331 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 331
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