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How strong the feeling is my boatman gave me proof within ten minutes after his failure with the cotton-mouth.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

The cotton-mouth moccasin is semi-aquatic, being found around the edges of streams and other bodies of water.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

Cotton-Mouth Moccasin.—The largest specimens of the cotton-mouth moccasin attain to a length of about six feet.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)

A cotton-mouth water snake, short, thick as a man's arm and indescribably loathsome, wriggled on top of the mud as Roger prepared to leap.

From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry

They resemble the cotton-mouth moccasin in their general peculiarities, being, however, somewhat lighter in color.

From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by Harris, H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy)




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