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juri: taken; I put them both together, and irritated them 
both, that they bit each other, and 1 perceived the 
black Snake had drawn Blood of the Rattle-Snake be- 
fore I took them afunder. 
In lefs than 8 Minutes the black Snake was dead, and 
J could not perceive the Rattle- Snake at all theworfe 
or flck. ^ 
On the laft Day of JufiCi being Friday^ I took him 
out to try, whether if he bit himfelf, it would not 
prove mortal to him. I hang’d him fo, that he was 
not above half his Length on the Ground ; and with 
two Needles at the End of a Stick, one to prick, the 
. other to fcratch, irrita’^ed him fo much that he loon 
bit himfelf, alter having attempted to bite the Stick 
many times. J then let him down, and he was quite 
dead in 8 minutes or thereabouts, but am fureitdid 
not exceed ix Minutes. 
A Gentleman perfwaded me to cut the Snake in five 
Pieces which he gave to a Hog, the Head-part firR, 
in Sight o' many ot us. The Hog eat up all the Snake, 
and lo or 12 Days afterwards I faw the fame Hoga- 
live and in Health. 
‘ This was no more than 1 had feen before ; but 
doubted there might be a Miftake, as that they had 
taken fome other Snake for a Rattle-Snake : For being 
at the Houfe of Charles Hart Efq; they Ihew’d me a 
Snake, which a Negro told me he had kilEd juft be- 
fore ; it was in three pieces, the Head of it bruifed into 
the Ground. While 1 was looking on, a Sow came 
and eat it up very greedily, tho’ the Negro-man en- 
deavour’d to hinder her, being afraid it would kill her i 
for ihe had Pigs following her. 
I never 
