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DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



showing the young snake coiled within. There is 

 no picture of the parent snake for the reason that 

 she was mashed to a jelly by a large stone from 

 the hand of a heroic ( ?) man. I baited a fish- 

 hook with one of the young snakes and made a 

 cast from the pier on which the snake was killed. 

 The bait no sooner sank in the water than it was 

 devoured by a large sun-fish which I landed and 

 then threw back. Had there been a bass or a 



TOP VIEW OF SELF-TYING KNOT 



pickerel there at that moment, it would probably 

 have taken the bait as readily as did the sun-fish. 

 The interesting point about the accompanying 

 sketches is that the drawing of the young snake 

 shows two heart-shaped appendages, which have 



