capital plan to tie a cord tightly about "her neck 

 to prevent their escape, and then carry her to 

 some naturalist or some physician and have a 

 careful dissection made. This would forever 

 settle the question, and might be done without 

 the least difficulty, for all our snakes except 

 the Rattlesnakes, Moccasins, Copperheads, and 

 Massasaugas are perfectly harmless. 



Accurate statements are much needed of 

 cases of snakes charming men, quadrupeds, and 

 birds. It would be interesting to know whe- 

 ther the cast-off skin of a snake is always left 

 as the snake wore it, or whether it is some- 

 times turned inside out. 



Museum, Wesleyan University, ) 



Middletown, Ot., Sept. 15. 



