Page 37 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 37 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…could never have righted himself but would have finally died there had not Will taken pity on him and set the old fellow right with the world once more.Another hunt which was even more interesting but not at all comical was one that William Web had the good fortune to witness one day.He was traveling through the woods and suddenly noticed a coiled rattle snake a rod or so away and a large gopher snake (which by the way is a relative of the South American Boa) crawling around the coiled rattler at some distance.William watched with great interest as the gopher snake in his continual encirclement of the rattle snake moved slightly nearer to his antagonist each time he went around. The rattler meanwhile remained coiled but keeping his hand continually pointed towards the gopher snake had to turn his body completely over in the coil, this he succeeded in doing…” Page 37 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…could never have righted himself but would have finally died there had not Will taken pity on him and set the old fellow right with the world once more.Another hunt which was even more interesting but not at all comical was one that William Web had the good fortune to witness one day.He was traveling through the woods and suddenly noticed a coiled rattle snake a rod or so away and a large gopher snake (which by the way is a relative of the South American Boa) crawling around the coiled rattler at some distance.William watched with great interest as the gopher snake in his continual encirclement of the rattle snake moved slightly nearer to his antagonist each time he went around. The rattler meanwhile remained coiled but keeping his hand continually pointed towards the gopher snake had to turn his body completely over in the coil, this he succeeded in doing…” Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb Hunting Snakes Webb, Charles W. Webb, William B. United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 37 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…could never have righted himself but would have finally died there had not Will taken pity on him and set the old fellow right with the world once more.Another hunt which was even more interesting but not at all comical was one that William Web had the good fortune to witness one day.He was traveling through the woods and suddenly noticed a coiled rattle snake a rod or so away and a large gopher snake (which by the way is a relative of the South American Boa) crawling around the coiled rattler at some distance.William watched with great interest as the gopher snake in his continual encirclement of the rattle snake moved slightly nearer to his antagonist each time he went around. The rattler meanwhile remained coiled but keeping his hand continually pointed towards the gopher snake had to turn his body completely over in the coil, this he succeeded in doing…”
Page 37 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…could never have righted himself but would have finally died there had not Will taken pity on him and set the old fellow right with the world once more.Another hunt which was even more interesting but not at all comical was one that William Web had the good fortune to witness one day.He was traveling through the woods and suddenly noticed a coiled rattle snake a rod or so away and a large gopher snake (which by the way is a relative of the South American Boa) crawling around the coiled rattler at some distance.William watched with great interest as the gopher snake in his continual encirclement of the rattle snake moved slightly nearer to his antagonist each time he went around. The rattler meanwhile remained coiled but keeping his hand continually pointed towards the gopher snake had to turn his body completely over in the coil, this he succeeded in doing…”
Charles W. Webb’s Events in the Life of William B. Webb
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Webb, Charles W.
Webb, William B.
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Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection