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early morning mist some years ago alongside a boat of 

 astonished fishermen in New York Harbor. The es- 

 caped animal landed at New Dorp, apparently having 

 enjoyed his early morning bath. 



One time while fishing on a small lake I observed a 

 great commotion in another boat a short distance away. 

 One of the fishermen grasped an oar, with which he 



Woodchuck Swimming Across Big Tink 



beat some object in the water, which I afterwards dis- 

 covered to be a large rattlesnake. Jimmy Rosencrantz, 

 who was in the boat at the time and who killed the 

 snake, said that as the reptile swam it kept its rattle 

 above the water. It is the second rattlesnake I know 

 of being killed in the act of crossing an extensive body 

 of water. 



A few years ago some boys, who were swimming 



