Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     Last year a rattlesnake was killed on Bullard’s plaines, in the parish of Felioiana, which had not less then one hundred and thirty seven rattles. If the generally perceived opinion, that the number of rattles denote the age of this species of the surpentine race be correct, the snake must have been as old as it had rattles. The oldest inhabitants of our state, had never previously seen one with more than forty rattles. The longevity of the rattlesnake probably depends on the nature of the soil and climate to which it sojourns