karait

By the way, I tried to catch a _karait_ this morning.

The Keeper of the Door 1910

"But it's just as well to be sure it is a _karait_ before you take those measures, as there are more hopeful remedies for other species."

The Keeper of the Door 1910

At the end of an hour he died, as they die who are bitten by the little brown karait, and the policemen bore him and the thing under the tablecloth to their appointed places.

Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

The _karait_ of India has a dull red eye without pupil, of which it is the belief that if a man gaze into it for a time he will go mad.

Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896

Poisonous snakes are the _karait_, the _cobra_, and Russell's viper.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

I saw a man from one of the little brotherhoods of the Vindhas breathe a nest of cobras into repose; also I have seen other brothers pass through places where the deadly little karait is supposed to watch and wait and turn red-eyed. "

Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905