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Cuming's tour to the western country (1807-1809)

Note 102 — {134} CHAPTER XX

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The copperhead (trigonocephalus contortrix), a rather small venomous snake, gives no warning before it bites. The name was, therefore, applied during the War of Secession to disloyal Northerners.—Ed.

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