Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 691
ut I have always been disappointed in thesize of boa-constrictors. I read so much, when aboy, about their swallowing goats and sheep,—and I have even known an ox to be mentionedin this connection (though this was probably astretcher).—that I want my boas very large—as thick as barrels, or… … •**« &&>$ A PRAIRIE-WOLF. and moccasins, and other poisonous snakes in thecollection. All the cages are made with glass sides, so thereis no danger in going quite close to the rattlesnakes,though they may spring their rattles, and dart outtheir forked little tongues at you, as they did…
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