J. Fotheringham, in Nature, writes?"About 18 months ago at Devalah, Madras, the horse-keepers chased and killed a large cobra 5 feet 4 inches long, Prjvious to death it was thrown down in front of the door of our house, when, after a good deal of twisting and wavy contortions of the body, it disgorged a small rock-snake over 4 feet in length."