454 VARIOUS LETTERS have been adepts in the art of fascinating these serpents ; for I have frequently seen them maseemed to increase its rage. At this instant I heard the shrill sound of a whistle, and looking towards the door saw the other Arab applying a call to his mouth : the serpents listened to the music, their fury seemed to forsake them by' degrees, they disengaged themselves leisurely from the apparently lifeless carcase, and creeping towards the cage, they soon entered it, and were immediately fastened in.

" The door of the apartment was now opened, and he without ran to assist his companion : he had a phial ofblackish liquor in one hand, and an iron chissel in the other : finding the teeth of his companion set, he thrust in the chissel, forced them open, and then poured a little of the liquor into his mouth ; and liolding the lips together, applied his mouth to the dead man's nose, and filled his lungs with air : he next anointed his numerous wounds with a little of the same liquid, and yet no sign of life appeared. I thought he was dead in earnest ; his neck and veins were exceedingly swollen ; when his comrade taking up the lifeless trunk in his arms, brought it out into the open air, and continued the operation of blowing for several minutes before a sign of life appeared ; at length he gasped, and after a time recovered so far as to be able to speak. The swellings in his neck, body, and legs gradually subsided, as they continued washing the wounds with clear cold water and a sponge, and applying the black liquor occasionally ; a clean haik was wrapped about him, but his strength seemed so far exhausted that he could not support himself standing, so his comrade laid him on the ground by a wall, where he sunk into a sleep. This exhibition lasted for about a quarter ofan hour from the time the serpents were let loose until they were called off, and it was more than an hour from that time before he could speak. I thought I could discover that the poisonous fangs had been pulled out of these formidable serpents' jaws, and mentioned that circumstance to the showman, who said, that they had