Eureka Reporter | 1906-12-28 | Page 5 | The American Adder

the american adder A full grown adder may measure two feet in length and about six inches around the thickest part of its body its movements are sluggish and of course the universal idea prevailing among the natives of this country that it is capable of transferring its head from one extremity to the other once every six months Is due simply to su the fact Is that the tail of this snake does not terminate in a point as with ophidians generally but Is stumpy and resembles the head so much that it is difficult for an ob server situated at a distance of a few yards to distinguish the one from the other hence the story of its being two beaded the fallacy of which w intelli gent observer could tall to detect the pioneer