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Anguis
Item
1 drawing : colour ; 35.5 x 29.2 cm
Item consists of a colour drawing of a snake. The caption identifies the species as "Anguis." The rest of the caption reads: "called by the Natives Hoogli-pattee. A Fowl bitten in the thigh by this Reptile, expired in five minutes." An additional pencil annotation by Henry Mousley identifies the species as "Hydrophis schistosus" (beaked sea snake).
Note in pencil by Henry Mousley: "This plate will be found in "A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents," by Patrick Russell, 1801, plate No. X.
With embossed stamp of McGill University Library.