Archy Somerville : and other stories . STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. Did you ever see a Rattlesnake ?They are sometimes caught aliveand can be often seen in rattlesnakes bite is extremely (18) STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. 19 poisonous. If it bites a person hegenerally dies in a few hours, unlessremedies are used immediately. Ithas on its tail a rattle which is madeof loose joints, which are hard andshelly. When the snake is angry heshakes his tail and these joints rat-tling together make a noise which,if people hear, they know that asnake is not far off. General HughMercer, a Scotch gentle
Archy Somerville : and other stories . STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. Did you ever see a Rattlesnake ?They are sometimes caught aliveand can be often seen in rattlesnakes bite is extremely (18) STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. 19 poisonous. If it bites a person hegenerally dies in a few hours, unlessremedies are used immediately. Ithas on its tail a rattle which is madeof loose joints, which are hard andshelly. When the snake is angry heshakes his tail and these joints rat-tling together make a noise which,if people hear, they know that asnake is not far off. General HughMercer, a Scotch gentleman, who wason the British and American side inthe war against theFrench and In-dians, w^as wounded in the of theirbattles. He hid until the battle 20 STORY OF A RATTLESNAKE. was over and then tried to followthe army. He was very faint and hadnothing to eat. He had gone somedistance in the woods when he hearda snake rattle. He took up a stickand when the snake tried to bitehim he struck it on the head andkilled it. General Mercer was
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