THE following afternoon a worker on Noland Mountain was struck on the thigh by a timber rattlesnake.

Let some one, in the interests of pure science, try the effect of the timber rattlesnake on the human system.

The surest sign came at the end of May when Campbell killed a timber rattlesnake while surveying on Shanty Mountain.

The handle narrowed only slightly into a dark, limber tendon coiled thrice around his shoulder-thewhip's central stalk was as thick as a timber rattlesnake.

Timber rattlesnakes, like many other adult herps, are very site-loyal, and can die if their homes are destroyed.

"A timber rattlesnake's venom destroys blood vessels and tissue," Doctor Cheney said to Serena.