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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 269

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ured, they are replaced by new ones. Snakes shed their teeth, now and then, asthey shed their skins. Many of our wild birdsuse the snake-skins in nest-building. In the fall, when the leaves begin to turn,and before the first frost comes, our snakescollect in numbers, from three or four to adozen or… … THE HORNED VITER. Some Zufii Indians from New Mexico, withwhom I became acquainted, refused to repeattheir folklore out of doors for fear the rattle-snakes would hear. A few words, now, as to the habits of snakesin general. All snakes, poisonous or otherwise,with the exception of the Anodon family,…

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