The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 109
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… … THE SNAKE CLIMBING A TREE. crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches and other in-sects. It is very beneficial to the farmer andshould never be killed. It varies much in color but the markings arevery distinct. Gray or silvery bands and reddish-brown blotches mark the back, while beneath it ischeckered…
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