Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 265
raft. I counted five snakes and twoturtles sunning themselves thereon. I 11 have one of those before I go home! I said to my-self. I threw some stones, hitting the raft andscattering its occupants into the water. I waiteda long time after this, watching a snake snap uplittle frogs, and all at once… … THE RED-BELLIED WATER-SNAKE. SOMETHING ABOUT SNAKES.
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