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«' hatch’d afterwards ; and that is the Diftinftion they 
u make, efteeming only thofe to be venomous, which 
^ are viviparous. They have like wife the Horn-Snake> 
tC fo called from a (harp Horn it carries in its Tail, 
“ with which it affaults atiy thing that offends it, 
with that Force, that, as it is (aid, it will (trike 
a its Tail into the Rut-end of a Musket, from whence 
“ it is not able to difengage itfelf. 
Ci All forts of Snakes will charm both Birds and 
a Squirrels, and the Indians pretend to charm them. 
feveral Ferfons have feen Squirrels run down aTree 
< 4 diredly into a Snake's Mouth. They have likewife 
“ feen Birds fluttering up and down, and chattering 
“ at thefe Snakes, ’till at laft they have dropt down 
“ juft before them. 
“ In the end of May y 1 715, flopping at an Or- 
“ chard, by the Road-fide to get fome Cherries, 
“ being three of us in Company, we were entertain’d 
u with the whole Procefs of a Charm between a Rat* 
tle-Snake and a Hare, the Hare being better than 
44 half grown. It happen’d thus : One of the Company 
44 in his fearch for the beft Cherries, efpied the Hare 
“ fitting, and although he went clofe by her, (he did 
44 not move, ’till he (not fufpefting the Occafion of 
44 her Gentlenefs) gave her a La(h with his Whip. 
4c This made her run about ten Foot, and there fit 
“ down again. The Gentleman not finding the Cher- 
46 ries ripe, immediately returned the fame Way, and 
c< near the Place were he (truck the Hare, he fpied 
44 a Rattle-Snake. Still not fufpeffing the Charm, 
44 he goes back about twenty Yards to a Hedge to get 
64 a Stick to kill the Snake, and at his return found 
44 the Snake removed ani coil’d in the feme Place 
44 from 
