Page:A Topographical Description of the State of Ohio, Indiana Territory, and Louisiana.djvu/60

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of the skin. Some have been caught of eight or ten pounds weight. They are not amphibious, for they will not live longer out of the water than the pout or eel. The other reptiles, and the great variety of insects, found in this country, do not appear materially to differ from those of the Atlantic States.