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in the northern part of this state.

To congratulate the inhabitants of south
Illinois on having among them [illegible] a do venomous
reptile unknown farther north would be
a thing of doubtful propriety; but the cause
of the presence of this southern species
is may be a very just subject of congrat
ulation. This cause is the wonderful
climate of southern Illinois. In truth
no better evidence need is wanted to
fully prove the great warmth of your
climate than the fact that here are
found many reptiles, birds, insects, etc
and other animals restricted to latitudes
much farther south in the regions to the
east and west. Two years since I
saw the southern wood Ibis in abundance
through your southern counties; and on the
Cache Bottom Mr Geo Parr of Cairo (to
whom by I was am was much indebted for valuable
assistance in making collections collections you the animals of so of your animals)
pointed out to me the Snake Bird - [illegible]
called (Plotus anhinga)
of which, he informed me,
he had seen several specimens; these are
southern semi-tropical birds and
only found in very warm regions. And
The f plants as well as animals of "Egypt"
southern Illinois are of the same
southern character.

But to return to the reptiles – I
retract my statement that the rattlesnakes
and copperhead are the only poisonous reptiles found
in southern Illinois – And, moreover, having paid the

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