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« related of my own View, I aver (for the Satif- 
“ fa&ion of the Learned) to be punftually true, 
“ without inlarging or wavering in any Refped, up- 
“ on the Faith of a Chriftian. 
« In my Youth I was a Bear-hunting in the 
“ Woods above the Inhabitants j and having drag* 
“ gled from my Companions, I was entertained at 
“ my return with a Relation of a Pleafant Rencounter 
“ between a Dog and a Rattle-Snake, about a Squirrel. 
<< The Snake had got the Head and Shoulders of the 
<< Squirrel into his Mouth, which being fomething 
“ too large for his Throat, it took him up fome- 
“ time to moiften the Furr of the Squirrel with his 
<< Spawl, to make it flip down. The Dog took this 
<< Advantage, feized the hinder parts of the Squirrel, 
« and tugg’d with all his might. The Snake on the 
tt other Side would not let go his hold for a long 
<< Time, ’till at lafl, fearing he might be bruifed by 
4< the Dogs running away with h]m, he gave up his 
<< Prey to the Dog. The Dog eat the Squirrel, and 
“ felt no harm. 
“ Another Curiofity concerning this Viper, which 
“ I never met with in Print, I will alfo relate from 
“ my own Obfervation. 
“ Some time after my Obfervation of the Charm, 
“ my Waiting- Boy being fent abroad on an Errand 
“ alfo, took upon hitnfelf to bring home a Rattle - 
“ Snake in an Noofe. I cut off the Head of this 
“ Snake, leaving about an Inch of the Neck with it : 
“ This I laid upon the Head of a Tobacco Hoglhead, 
w one Stephen Lankford , a Carpenter, now alive, 
“ being with me. Now you mult note, that thele 
(i Snakes have but two Teeth, by which they .con- 
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