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The Rattlesnake.

This snake finds a superior foe in the deer and black snake. Whenever a buck discovers a rattlesnake in a situation which invites an attack, he loses no time in preparing for battle. He makes up within 10 or 12 feet of the snake, then leaps forward and aims to sever the body with his […]

A New Article Of Diet.

A short time since a person in the western part of this county, found buried in the sand a nest of eggs. Supposing them to be turtle eggs, and being passionately fond of that article, he carried them home, had them properly cooked and commenced his luscious repast. After eating fourteen, unsight and unseen, curiosity […]

The Bird And The Snake.

We take the following paragraph from the Mobile Tribune of the 3rd inst: Two men of our acquaintance of unpeachable veracity witnessed a scene the other day worth recording. They observed at the distance of some thirty feet from them a very strange and unaccountable conduct on the part of a bird-commonly called the “Cow […]

Rattlers Chase Hunters And Bite.

Italian Hunter Pursued by Sixteen Rattlesnakes is Bitten by One in Finger and Acts as Own Surgeon. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 24.- Arthur J. Sarventi, a well-to-do cigar dealer of this place, went to Pike county, Pennsylvania, last week in quest of deer. One day, a short distance from Eldred, while following some deer, he […]

Snakes.

Port Jarvis, [N.Y.] Gazette: “I never lie about snakes,” Warren replied. Do you remember that about three years ago a collision occurred on the Delaware division to a train carrying O’Brien’s circus and menagerie, and that the snake cage was demolished, and two or three snakes escaped in the darkness. Well, one of these snakes […]

Curious Result Of Adder’s Bite.

As the result of an adder bite, recently, the back of the hand of a Cardiff [Wales] boy named J. W. Coffy has become marked like an adder. The physician who was attending the case states that the skin and swollen flesh near the bite are like a piece of leather, pigmented exactly the same […]

Prevented Toothache.

The old Romans Did it by Devouring Two Rats a Month. If it be true that ancient remedies are always the best, it may be of interest to those afflicted with dental troubles to know how the ancient Romans dealt with such ills. The Quirites [citizens of ancient Rome] recognized two types of treatment. The […]

Household Snakes.

Giboias Are Used as Domestic Rat Catchers in Brazil. In certain parts of Brazil, where the climate is intensely hot and where rats are a great nuisance, the common cat does not thrive, but is replaced by a domestic rat catcher whose presence causes a decidedly unpleasant sensation to visitors from the north when first […]

Native Boy’s Daring Feat.

Kills a Venomous Black Snake for a Small Reward. A road party, comprising the usual gang of natives were employed on the construction of a road in the Tugela valley, Natal, about 30 or more years ago. In the course of their work they came on a huge stone which it was necessary to remove, […]

Serpents In A Pile In South America.

In the Savannahs of Izacubo, in Guiana, I saw the most wonderful, the most terrible spectacle that can be seen; although it be not uncommon to the inhabitants, no traveler has ever mentioned it. We were ten men on horseback, two of whom took the lead, in order to sound the passages; whilst I preferred […]