Common krait Size:Large: 7 x 5in Punch often had a dig

Punch often had a dig at the expanding

the largest a variety of the extinct flightless bird the Moa

but it did establish that there was no open polar sea

Almanacs were published yearly and contained a calendar as well as information regarding the phases of the moon and stars

Common krait Size:Large: 7 x 5in Punch often had a digFull body study of a Common krait ('Bungaris coeruleus') with two head studies and one scalation detail, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 10 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life, and a series of experiments', by Sir Joseph Fayrer FRS (1824 1907), J & A