Natural history and antiquities of Selborne (1875)
White, Gilbert, 1720-1793, Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880, Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 1812-1895, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, James Burn & Company, binder · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 498
rikes into the fatty portion of the pig’s face? I know that rattlesnakes cannot play up their rattles in wet weather. The horn of the rattle becomes more or less saturated with water, and no sound can then be produced from it. By placing a rattle ina glass of water, and letting it soak a while, I… … known. It is made by the Indians in Demerara, and when made is keptin little gourds, as represented in the engraving. I have two
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