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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of New York, Vol. I — Passage 163

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[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] •' repliles.andolwliut they do little or no harm; there are various sorts of snakes, but not dangerous; ""ey^o'isi-if they possibly can, they retreat before people (else they are usually killed) except the rattle-snake, which has a rattle on the tail, wherewith it makes a very loud noise whenever it is angry, or intends to bite; it grows a joint longer every year. This snake is very malignant and not inclined to retreat before a man or any other creature. Whoever is bit by one runs great risk of his life, if not immediately attended to; but the best of it is, they are not numerous; and the true Serpentaria grows spontaneously here, which is very highly prized by the Indians, as being an unfailing cure.

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