SNAKE-MELON

or Snake-cucumber, a variety of melon, greenish, narby a'tucs awl pal a e748 raw, but is popular in France for pre- 7 vated chiefly as an oddity. It is inedible; raw, but is popular in France for pre- |_ TN,. serving. Some French forms reach |,: three feet in length. pak 5 ble y es 5 he SNIPE, the generic name of a number | Stas te of small game-birds. somewhat resemof as bling the woodecock. “‘Their plumage is. RS 2 Ws variegated, and most elaborate i the ‘J _ Sey female. The best known are the jack: J Rye SE we snipe, or ‘‘half snipe,’’ or Wilson snipe, ca as a A "ia ¥ or ‘‘English snipe,’? the smallest and |) |. i. sa prettiest, which does not average mych —_— B= over two ounces.in weight; the Common, prick aie or ‘‘full’?; and the Great snipe, | or ‘double snipe,’’ or ‘‘solitary snipe,’’ the largest, which may weigh ten ounces.