introduce through.it 2 or 3 medium-sized crj^stals of strychnine, A piece 

 of- paper should then' be pasted over the hole and allowed to dry. To pre- 

 vent leaking when the Doisoned egg is put out for the snake, care should be 

 taken to see that the part of the egg with the hole. in" it is placed highest. 

 This remedy will prove effective only in case a snake has formed the habit 

 of raiding hen's- nests. Poisoned eggs placed at random may never be taken 

 and within a few days become unattractive as bait. The promiscuous dis- 

 tribution of poisoned eggs is very dangerous also^ as' it may cause the death 

 of domestic animals, esriecially hogs, Blacksnakes and chicken sna-kes are 

 not very wary and appear incapable of detecting "doctored eggs." lost of i 

 our snakes feed chiefly on living prey, and thus c -.nnot be destroyed by thej 

 use of poisoned baits. 



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