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their exact position, before the skin is perfectly 

 dry. 



LIZARDS, alligators, frogs, &c. may be treat- 

 ed in the san e manner. When the operation 

 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 ve- 

 ry vicious, boldly attacking and biting whate- 

 ver was opposed to them. 



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

 devoured it, notwithstanding its bite. 



VERY large serpents, such as are twenty or 

 thirty feet long, are formidable beyond any 



