They all require water, and come long distances to the Zouga, and other rivers and pools, in search of it.

We have another dangerous serpent, the puff adder, and several vipers.

One, named by the inhabitants "Noga-put-sane", or serpent of a kid, utters a cry by night exactly like the bleating of that animal.

I heard one at a spot where no kid could possibly have been.

It is supposed by the natives to lure travelers to itself by this bleating.