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It is also i-all.il Hii: Wat.-r Li/;ml J.y th.- inhabitant- alone th.-<>hio ami oth.-r int.-rior 

 {options. This as M.-M UN th,. otln-r m.'inU-rs of tht- irnni]. is harm lew*, though Mfinin^ly 

 f.-i-iM-ions ami M-nmiiiiiis. S]..-,-iin.-!i- w.-n- k-|>t in \ ">..ik Aquarium, and much 



additional kimwl.ilp. was th.-rvby Drained of its habits. 



Tin s,-,-ond family of this ord.-r is represented by its t \pi.-al -]M-i.-s, ih. . SNAKK. 



This i-urioiis ( -r..atiin- is a na(i\.- .if Arm-rim, and i> fi-uml ratli.-r jil.-ntifiilly m-ar New 

 Orleans, in Florida, Georgia, and S.niti Carolina. It is fond <>f I. MM,. \\iiu: in tinid. and will 

 oft.-n ili-si-rnd to a d.-pth of thn-v f.i-t U-l..\\ the surface "f tin- soil, acting indt-.il rm.r.- lik.- an 

 i-artli \\onii than a \.-rt. -Itr.itf animal. Many of th.-- . n-atim-s have ln^-n arcidi-ntally ilu^oiit 

 \shil>- d-.-i-niru- ..i- .-l.-aiini; ditches. The negroes are rnm-h afraid <>f the Congo Snake, and 

 think it to be poisonous, a U-li.-f \\hich has its ,,rily foundation in fear, generated by 

 ignorance. 



Th.- l>gs are extn-m.-ly small and f.-.-lil.\ an<l th.>re are only two toe on each foot. It* 

 o.lor ia dark Itla.-kish -irniy atiove, and li^ht.T tteneath. An<th.-r species, the TilBEK-Tokn 





MXNOPOME.- 



Cojfoo SNAKE (Murctnopsit triddctylut), is mm h like the common Congo Snake, from whi- h 

 it may h.- diMiiiL'nish.il by possessing three toes on each foot instead of two. The length of 

 Ix.th tJVs4 cn-atun-s is fnun two to three feet. These two species constitute the whole of th.- 

 family to which they belong. 



TIIK T.MI.KD BATR.M MI SNS (ProMdo) are now regarded as differing snflii-i.-ntly from near 

 forms to belong to a distim-t <.ni. . The family Proteidee Mi n Pi ri-iK' '-in braces one 

 genus and one species. 



THE Necturus Ls calltnl in th- Middl.- Siat.-s Nfi i> l'i i-i-v. \V M-KI: I><i. MKNOBRANOHUB, 

 and D<M;-KISH. It is common north and west of tin- AlL-irhani.-. and is abundant in the Great 

 Lake region. 



THE great SIREN (Siren looertino) is a species consisting of the entire family SirenieUe. 

 This creature has a most remarkably long, eel-like form. 



