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POPE, HUNTING WISCONSIN RATTLESNAKES 



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tinued his sketching. Our host, Mr. Ochsner, returned to his apiary 

 and Messrs. Keitel, Dickinson and the writer paid a short visit to 

 Devil's Lake Park to inspect conditions there. Thence we boarded 

 the train at Merrimac with our snake-box, containing sixteen hving 

 rattlesnakes. The whole trip, consuming only three days, had been 

 an entire success from a scientific standpoint, and it was with sincere 

 regrets that we had bidden farewell to our friends Messrs. Ochsner and 

 Keitel. We arrived at Milwaukee in the evening, and still remember 

 with some amusement, the remarks and actions of station officials and 



Fig. 10. — Rattlesnake in typical pose. 



the taxicab driver when they learned that our box realh' contained 

 genuine rattlesnakes. The taxicab driver seemed unduly desirous of 

 discharging his passengers in front of the Museum entrance. 



The reader may now be curious as to what happened to those six- 

 teen living rattlesnakes. 



Within a day or two after our arrival at the Museum, the special 

 pen shown in figure 9, was constructed on the roof of the Museum. 

 Here the snakes were confined for more detailed study. This pen 

 measured approximately four feet square by two feet in height. The 

 floor was of rough boards and the sides of one-fourth inch mesh screen 



