Archy Somerville : and other stories . GENERAL MERCER AND THE SNAKE. when they are in necessity. Gene-ral Mercer would not have eaten thissnake, when he was at home, anymore than a stone! but his hungercompelled him to do so, and he hadto eat it. He ate nothing but hissnake until he got to Fort Cumber- 22 STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. land where he got good eating andhad his ^YO^nd attended to. When the revolutionary war cameon, General Mercer fought for tlieAmericans, and was killed at tlicbattle of Princeton. His body now lies buried at Lau-rel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

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