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less active and destitute of rattles. Their bite is 

 not considered so dangerous as that of the rattle 

 snake. They have five or six very small poison- 

 ous teeth, placed in the same sack, on each side 

 of the upper jaw ; the rattle snake has only one 

 on each side, but are very large. The moccason 

 snake, which is very common in the Carolinas, 

 has been seen in some parts of the State, but very 

 rarely. In the prairies, a very small rattle snake, 

 about the size of a man's finger, and ten or twelve 

 inches in length, is frequently found among the 

 grass. They are called the prairie rattle snake, 

 and are said to be venomous. These are all the 

 poisonous snakes found in this country. There 

 are two kinds of water snake ; the backs are 

 black, and the belly of the one is a bright red, 

 and of the other of an ash colour. The other 

 snakes are the common black snakes"; some with 

 a ring round the neck, but the most of them have 

 none ; the striped and green snake, and the 

 speckled snake, usually called the house adder. 

 Lizards, of various colours, and some of them 

 very beautiful and active, are plenty. At the falls 

 of Point Creek, a remarkably large water lizard 

 has been taken with the hook, while fishing for 

 the cat and other fish. The form is that of a liz- 

 ard ; thre skin, in colour and smoothness, resem- 

 bles the New England pout; the legs short, and 

 the tail flattened like an eel. "When a pressure is 

 made on the body, thick, milky matter, in large 

 drops, and perfectly white, exu"des from the pore's 



