, 1874-08-01

6huiua q tno ta6F1au een 1or ~ primitive TO-
ca1ity; Maizo ID supposed to ho ,nativn ot
| Amorica. Me1ona havo nover bcun discovered
III Wild atAto. but aro presumed to lavo sprung
|! primarily from tho hDi1 Of Sub. b.1fopcal Ash.
but Tia densidctod snnti7o Of tlso Eaat Inllee.
Tho parsnip first drov, broAth In England. Tho
carrot iB fonnd wild in most phrB OF Eurano.
Ilo homo Of tue egg.plant In IN tho Enst 1nlies.
tsslsif or S,sssespnnt + found in in sa'oMs ne o;,s
and wellt in tfd ssoutll Of Tufopc. OaulIlowor
! and kalo aro vnr|ettea of tho cabbage.
r DO BNAKEa swallow THEIR youNa7
4" One Of tho most interesting rapera road be-
foro tho Portland meoting Of tho American Ai-
/ sooiatfon for tho Adyancon1out Of Bconce 'uaa
|. In answor to Tho question, "Do Snakes swA1low
Their Young7" and was prepared by hIr. g.
Hrown Goode. In order to elliott taatimouy re-
hitting to tho disputed hubjoes from ali available
1nartorB, Mr.. Brown fuaortod q letter in tho
An,c,'tcan Ag,fc,atarts. asking for a recital OF
tho faots from any porHon who Ind oyor Wit
| neaaod tho pllonquaanon Of o suako swallowing
its young. tn response to Ills request Ae receiy-
| ed ovor eighty lostcr8 from corrospondonts In
twenty -four States and provincea, containing
valuable ovidonco in tho case. a farmer III Mo-.
ohanicaburg, O., wroto, lin 1896 aaw, on
tho bank Of Dces Crook, d large water-snn9e. I
procured a pole for tho purpose Of killing llor.
dlntoly fnntla for tho water aftor al,o Ind swam
dor Jaw Just oat Of lilo cRo Of tllo wasor; thon,
| opening her mouth to tho fullest extent. soulo
! dozen young st1alsuB, to Inches long, aoon1cd
to run. or fator swim, down hor .toroatt; after
| which slio olnmHity tnrnod In search OF ltding
| place. / opened hcr, and found about twontY
living young anakos.-two or throo or 3 Inches
| long,:
A lcttor from Chesterfield, N. T., contained
tho following: II saw striped anako on. tho
| hillside, and noticed something moving about
ier hcad and counted tmonty little snakes. froln
Old oneopencd her mouth. and they wontin out of
| sight. I stopped back and waited, mud in a fow
moments thoy began to como out. Then mn1o
5ort1" for tns cd ana'oaud killed hot md forced out
4 gontlo1nan ii, Goorgotown, s. g., wrote that,
while trying to captuto largo moccastn, sho
| gayo o al1rl, wl,lHtling noiao, and five yo,,,g
snahoa ran from under q loog, and run down tho
throht Of tho old ono. We cut off iior head,
sa saris 10Hoa % ot the a1 y' young 0n's which ad'
[ a farn1er in nosondale, N. y, wrote: 1T
was ono aay moving, and, coming close to a
smooth, fiat rock, thought nnw na many nB n
standing within . TON yards, and, wlton eamo
baos thcro Was only ono Bnaho on tho rock /
or tho rnouth:
I A farmer in Nowburyport,. Mass. wrote that
on 3 rock. on making movement, Tho old
:anake opened hor mouth wide, tho Ittla enahes
ran down llor throat; and thon she disappeared
in the shelving rock. ! repeated tho experiment
! number Of days. to tito asIno offect."
Such IL tho tenor Of the Testimony which A1r,
Brown secured from unframed observers. To
confirm this evidence, ho rucoiyed concurrent
EHtRtamentn from number Of naturalists aud
mon Of sciencp: Prof. Sydney T.. Smith, Of the
Sheffield Scientific School, "saH n rbbo,i-suaka,
about feet long. accompanied By two young
onos, ofs or tnehes. On a iiss from tlio
parent, thcy disappeared down its throat. The
parent was 1tiled, and two run OUT
of tho mouth, .whiio u third VAS
found alive in tho body" Or. Edward ra1nor,
when III Paraguay with the "Wasor-witch OK
petition; paw nomo soynn young ratticsnakos run
into thor parents month. After It was Atiloil.
thoy ali ran out. 1'hcso snakes, parent and
brooi, nro proscrVad IN the United Btntes Nation
ii Museum, Washington. Amultitnte Of strong
! evit1onre like this was accumulated by Mr
Brown, md considered by him conclusive proof
that certain hpeetea Of snakoB are IN the habit Of
swallowing thoir yorlng for their protection In
case Of danger. DR.. Jelfries Wsmxr, Prof Gill;
and othor physioIogiats, dcc}a1e theto is no rca-
i son why lha youl,g si,nkes may not 1.-Two for q
t!nso within tho stomach Of the pprent. It u
difficult to smother reptile, and IL lsueil known
that The gastric tissue acts feebEy upon living
| Tissues.