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It is a native of several part* of America, and ia found most plentifully in Carolina, where 

 it huunt.s ili.- low lying tuul marshy situations. The rice-grounds seem to be ita moat favored 

 l.x-aliti.-s, tin- inn. My .soil U'ing the unbalance best adapted for its means of progression. Its 

 fcxxl stvms to <tm.si.st almost rntiivly of wonus ami \:ni..iis ins,-.-tM, of which it will consume 

 a oonsiderable quantity rw-ry day. A fine specimen used to feed upon earth-worms, of which 

 it would devour about rigliNvn or twrnty .-very t\v<> days. This individual parsed the greater 

 part of ita time beneiith tin- thick stratum of soft mud with which the bed of the basin was 

 profusely covered. This was a very long specimen, and by an uninitiated observer would 

 probably have been taken for an eel. 



Tin- lii-ad of i In- Sin-n is small in proportion to the size of the animal, the eye is very 

 small, and the gill tufta are three in number on each side, and beautifully plumed. It has 

 only one pair of legs, the hinder set being wanting, and the front pair are extremely small, and 

 <>f no practical use in progression. It has only three toes on each foot. The color is dark 

 blackish-brown, and the length of a fine specimen is about three feet. 



