It may be said here that a snake's mouth opens crossways as well as vertically, and each side has the power of working independently, the teeth being re-curved backwards.

Prey once in the jaws cannot escape, and the snake itself can only dispose of it in one way--downwards.
At Scottpore I employed an elephant for certain work, such as hauling heavy posts out of the jungle.

Sometimes his "little Mary" would trouble him, when a dose of castor oil would be effectively administered.
Unfortunately, he misbehaved, ran amok, and tried to kill his mahout, and so that hatthi (elephant) had to be disposed of.
When clearing jungle for a tea-garden the workmen sometimes come on a certain species of tree, of which they are in great dread.

They cannot be induced to cut it down and so the tree remains.

Such a one stood opposite my bungalow, a stately, handsome monarch of the forest.