[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.353 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.353 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.353 - **Language:** English ### [c10.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.353) Ray adds that on this No. 8 should be read what D. Cleyerus has said in the \*Ephem. German\*. An 12. obser. 7, entitled: \*De Serpente magno Indiae Orientalis Urobubalum deglutiente\*. The serpent in question was 25 feet long. Ray quotes in abridgment the description of its treatment of the buffalo; how, if the resistance is great, the victim is dragged to a tree, and compressed against it; how the noise of the crashing bones is heard as far as a cannon; how the crushed carcass is covered with saliva, etc. It is added that the country people (apparently this is in Amboyna) regard this great serpent as most desirable food. - [Previous: c10.352](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.352) - [Next: c10.354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.354) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.353](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.353) · Pramāṇa