Note 107 — VOYAGES AND TRAVELS (continued 3)
Reading edition
The true rattlesnake (crotatus horridus) is not found in Canada. The one here alluded to is the caudisona tergemina. The age is not indicated by the number of the rattles. The black water snake was probably the tropidonatus sipedon, which feeds on fish, and is an expert swimmer, although not a true water snake. The “turkey snake” cannot be identified.—Ed.