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Thdr bite is not venomous. When 

 their ftomachs are full, they lye ftill till 

 their food is digefted : it was in that 

 ftate that both of thefe were fhot in the 

 head. They are faid to have the power 

 of fafcinating, or attracting animak 

 within their reach. 



The Commodee is an amphibious 

 Snake* about fifteen feet in length, and 

 eighteen inches in circumference. The 

 head is broad and flattiih ; and the tail 

 is long, (lender, and pointed. Their 

 colour is brown, variegated on the back 

 and fides with chefnut coloured (pots. 

 Their bite is not venomous ; but they- 

 are extremely troublefome, frequenting 

 the creeks and ponds, andi deftroying 

 Ducks, Geefe, &c. When they en- 

 counter larger prey, the Indians fay they 

 kill it by inferting their pointed tails into 

 the reftum ; hence the White Inhabi- 

 tants call it the Sodomite Snake. 



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