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reptile to the ground) can be carried — a good idea for so untimely 

 escape is -prevented — or even a pole with a noose. Then you may 

 further encumber yourself with a gun of some description, speci- 

 men bags and the cage, and so hinder your movements and reduce 

 the chances for a capture. But no matter what the garments or 

 e quipment, no fun will be poked if it be known you are going snake 

 hunting. I know ! 



If any are interested in the ideas suggested and would care to 

 correspond, I should be pleased to give any further general or 

 specific information wished within my power. I am quite sure 

 any questions asked will be answered, for the reptile curator of the 

 New York Zoological Society is interested in this phase of snake- 

 education and will, if need be, gladly assist me. 



Snakes soon adapt themselves to confinement, though they will 

 probably resent capture, and can be handled with perfect safety. 

 They will appreciate, or seem to, careful aid during the skinning 

 process. Handling, except right after food has been taken, will 

 enliven them. 



The Little Brown Creeper 



Altho I'm a bird, I give you my word, 



That seldom you'll know me to fly. 

 For I have a notion about locomotion, 



The Little Brown Creeper am I. 



Dear little Brown Creeper am I. 



Beginning below, I search as I go 



The trunk and the limb of a tree 

 For a fly or a slug or a beetle or bug, 



They're better than candy for me, 



Far better than candy for me. 



When people are nigh, I am apt to be shy, 

 And say to myself, "I will hide." 

 Continue my creeping by carefully keeping 

 Away on the opposite side. 



Yet sometimes I peek, while I play hide and seek, 



If you're nice, I shall wish to see you, 

 I'll make a faint sound and come quite around, 



And creep like a mouse — in full view, 



Very much like a mouse — to your view. 



(Author not known.) 



