1923] 



POPE, HUNTING WISCONSIN RATTLESNAKES 



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Merrimac, Wisconsin, both reported that Sauk Coiint}^ offered an op- 

 portunity for this work amid suitable conditions, and a small party- 

 consisting of Mr. E. R. Tyrrell, Mr. Wilham E. Dickinson and the 

 writer set out on a rattlesnake hunt on the morning of Saturday, May 

 26th, 1923. 



The equipment consisted principally of photographic and artist's 

 outfits, since a pictorial record of the living snakes, their dens and 

 general surroundings was necessary. The photographic outfit was as 

 simple and limited as possible, consisting only of a good view camera 

 and a kodak. One tripod served for both. 



Fig. 6. — Snake-box and snake-tongs. 



A snake-box was taken for the transportation' of such snakes as we 

 might capture. This was specially designed for the transportation of 

 living dangerous reptiles and complied with all the specific regulations 

 demanded by common carriers for such a purpose. The box, figure 6, 

 was made of three-quarter inch pine and measured twenty by eleven 

 inches and thirteen inches in height. On one side was inserted a heavy 

 pane of glass, covered on the outside by galvanized screen of one- 

 eighth inch mesh. The opposite side was a hinged wooden cover 

 equipped with hasp and padlock. This, in turn, had an elliptical open- 



