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Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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kly discovered their mistake, for the sturdy little animal flew atthem so fiercely that they were actually driven out of tlie house. This littlemoongus waged a great war on the roaches and beetles in the kitchen untilthey were all exterminated. One night, by accident, it was shut out fromits warm quarters, and was found dead early the next morning. Althoughthere was not a trace of frost in the air, nor even rain, the cold had beensufficient to cause the death of this little inhabitant of the tropics. In spite of its sharp teeth, Indian children like to make a pet of themoongus, for it is fond of a game. It is good-tempered, as a rule, but canbe teased until it becomes dangerous. There is one thing which alwaysrouses the moonguss wrath, and that is to pull its tail. It will snap angrilyat anyone who comes near it after that. There have been many attempts to introduce the moongus into othersnake-infested countries, but without much success, for it does not thrivewell out of the tropics.
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NUBIAN SNAKE CHARMERS RATTLESNAKES Throughout the United States the most famous of all reptiles is theRattlesnake or Rattler as it is called for short. Its name comes fromthe row of curious, loosely-jointed, shell-like formations which adorn the endof its tail. There are a great variety of rattlesnakes varying in beauty andlength and venomousness. Now some branches of the Rattlesnake familyare much larger than others but the main length is about three feet.Some specimens attain a length of five feet and sometimes over six but theseare exceptionally large. Among some of the western Indian tribes the rattlesnake takes part intheir religious ceremonies. Every one has heard of the famous snakedances wherein the priests hold the snakes in their teeth and dance with them.These men are frequently bitten but through some mysterious power theydo not take any harm from the venom. Since the days when the world was in its babyhood the snake has beenthe symbol of wisdom. You will probably remember

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