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Plate numbered 16: in the foreground, to l, giant Indian snakes burn in a pile of vegetation; behind a group of men feed the flammes with torches and attack the snakes with clubs; in the distance, a snake catches sight of two goats from the branch of a tree, to the r, a snake swallows a goat Engraving
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