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In "Maneaters of Kumaon" Jim Corbett mentioned killing a deadly snake he called a Hamadryad (spelling?) that was 13 ft long.
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In "Maneaters of Kumaon" Jim Corbett mentioned killing a deadly snake he called a Hamadryad (spelling?) that was 13 ft long.
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Earlier wrote three snake stories under Del in KS post on Hamadryad 5.01.09 re King Cobra, so won, t bore with repetition.
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Earlier wrote three snake stories under Del in KS post on Hamadryad 5.01.09 re King Cobra, so won, t bore with repetition.
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For he when alone on the mountains, felling trees, once slighted the prayers of a Hamadryad, who wept and sought to soften him with plaintive words, not to cut down the stump of an oak tree coeval with herself, wherein for a long time she had lived continually; but he in the arrogance of youth recklessly cut it down.
The Argonautica 2008
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Her figure was rather below than above the middle size: It was light and airy as that of an Hamadryad.
The Monk 2004
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I knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish, so I started by raping Hamadryad.
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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I mean, look at Minerva: sweet as the morning breeze and as beautiful as Hamadryad in her own fashion, and with an intelligence level so high you wouldn't believe it-yet so modest she's almost humble. \par
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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Ira is telling me to find Hamadryad; he wants to talk to her.
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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So Ishtar and Hamadryad are unpacking migrants and giving them their antidotes and I'm checking them to make sure they've made the trip safely-rushing it as I haven't yet snatched another medical doctor from that parade of flesh. \par
Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973
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