Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 42
ing, caressingvoice, to speak to the serpents, when they spranginto his arms, one coiling itself about his neck, theother kissing his very lips and the tip of his tongue,and then hiding its hideous form in his bosom. The wonderful power these conjurors gain overdumb animals is well proved by the… … THE TORTOISE-DANCE. others in various stages between babyhood andyouth. Having placed them all on the floor in aheap, he gently strikes his cymbal, when the tor-toises begin at once to disentangle themselves, andto file into a long line, in the order of their sizes,the largest being at the head of…
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