A snake about two feet long, was seen to enter the hole
inhabited by a crawfish,[2] from which he soon retreated,
followed by the rightful tenant, who stopped in defensive
attitude at the mouth of his habitation, raising his claws in
defiance. The snake turned quickly round, and seized the head of
the crawfish, as if to swallow him; but the crawfish soon put an
end to the conflict by clasping the snake's neck with his claws,
and severing the head completely from his body. This may appear
marvellous; but Audubon tells a story of a rattle-snake chasing
and over-taking a squirrel, which folks in America doubt.

[2] Is not this a species of land-crab?--ED. M.

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SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.

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POTTERY.[3]


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