treated in the same manner. When the opera- 

 tion is completed, the skin should be rolled up, 

 and packed securely in paper, and afterwards 

 sewed up in canvass. 



The spine of a common sized serpent may be 

 easily broken with a sharp blow from a stick ; 

 after which, I have witnessed them very vicious, 

 boldly attackinj^ and biting whatever was op- 

 posed to them. 



I ONCE drew a rattle-snake to a hog, which 

 devoured it, notwithstanding its bite. 



Very large serpents, such as are thirty or 

 forty feet long, are formidable beyond any ideas 

 we can entertain. I have found it difficult to 

 disengage one, not even four feet in length, that 

 had coiled itself round my arm, when suspended 

 by a wire to a nail in my door. 



