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Excerpt from North American Herpetology, or a Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States, Vol. 3 Serpents form a very natural order, as they present peculiar anatomical and natural characters. Of all reptiles, they best merit the name, as they creep only by alternate folds of their long and slender bodies, and though deprived of feet, or obvious external organs of locomotion, they glide swiftly on the ground, ascend trees, move rapidly along their branches, and even swim with great facility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.