The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 109
are that I let the snake getaway on purpose, but who ever heard of a boy per-mitting a snake to escape if he could prevent it? Ophibolus doliatus triangulus (Boie.) is alsoknown as the milk-snake, although it most likelycares no more for milk than would any otherthirsty ophidian; but because it… … THE MILK-SNAKE. local names is thunder-and-lightning snake, butI cannot imagine why so gentle a serpent shouldbe so named. It is perfectly harmless. RecentlyI saw a frightened specimen bite a school-girl,but she only laughed. An uncle of mine oncecaught a house-snake lying on a shelf in his…
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