The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 181
usic. In capturingthem for exhibition, the native takes his bagpipe,and, stationing himself near an old well or ruin,begins to play. A cobra is almost certain to makeits appearance soon, for they are very numerousin that country. They are held in sacred rever-ence, the little children calling them… … ,,rtcun showmc J$HE POISON FANQ and falls, the snake seemsto sway slowly to and fro,and, all unconscious, isseized by the musiciansconfederate. In this stateof musical excitement the snakes are said to bequite safe to handle, although I think I shouldnot care to try it myself. A man who was making…
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