, 1875-12-27

An Hour svt1rl IaaMdoo ConturcEs and
knnlko-Cnnrsu0rk.
Another little incident Of tho "GuIet day. Wa9
one which in do rlsuour with al yis,tors to In.
dla--nxue!y, N hour Or 30 with the lilnioo con-
iurexe and enpao.cl.krnlerp, OF whom bombay
.,ossesses many skiitful and extraordinary srcc-
1nens Tho ptolessious Of juggIcs aud chaznor
arc very often united In tue SAND poEsons or
coupuny, aud no doub. tho prince saw sone~
thing to aa:onish him, eyan after tho puzzltnG
perfo, Iuu1cea OF the Hondus untl 51uskctvncs
ct Europc, There Is ceTtalbiy much that high
1v curious in these snato-channerB OF tho East;
nor has any one yet thoroughly explained tho
motuod OF many OF their tricks. Tho naen
amazing comua,,,l of tho deadly varieties ot
reptiles which they bring ID nat WateE-baske's
to the door OF any ono who Nil! rny tFlls. for
tho exhibition. Tiny lift tho lid and out glldea
tho dreaded colrn: but at trleE o. his tsat, or
light tonpl. With stick, tho "!iving deati. n
tynr5 llib Lcad eNA nocE. rItfa ont his hood. end
4lauecs Time II tho sound Of tho lu1nbt, u rude
instrument Which tho "haulpna!lah" b!ow5
tlton, being Gnur1 etuc!i oyer with tho rod s1d
black seeds Of tho nltstls pecntori''s, and lifted
VIII. double r,'s1 Tho gray, horr:d eyes OF tho
ecrren III tt,cu,selsta etsai:alr upon tin tnanh
e>,,lti or tnrban. aud tho cEcGt,1ra uodB bach
wards or forwards, this way or that, with IN
ot,pdlent movement "hch follons every
lutle nus,ral inAtrumcut. thoso men protest. as
III we'll i1,oNu, to bo nb!o to draw seno,nous
snakes from theis lloles-bnt It may ho ao1p!sd
y,ather the rn1,tiiea calu for the payln., us
cobra il lnpcrfuct!y developed, and IN I3urmah
~ VOL ~ Egypt they play tho sAtno trick with
this unake. mot only without any Buch nus.c.
hut when tho fanEs aro not o1tracteit a. they
a}ntoHt always aro in tho case Ut theHo tanned
reptiles. Tho majority Of cobEas carried about
by these .nHn will ho found not only lanEloas.
but With the faag-gum cauterizod. 70 that tho
potsol-teeIA cannot Hvpw axA4il. A. tho aaino
time instancas arc common enough, IKE tnoao
s.lov that nsuy OF the charnerH arc not Ut
al afraid TO hAndlo nor.caught hud deadly
Hrakss, a. tuIeei everybody must confess ~ho
has watchr,l ths!u At work In III ludAn gArisn.
bIr. Nicholson, In bis excellent book on indian
ophiuIosy, has vury truly pointed out that eyon
tho 1csol!ust snusoa may be taken up with ttn-
pupity by those who have norYe and quckaaBs
uf touch. UnIuHS frightened or hurt. thoy arc
remarkably HloH to exercise Their po"es. Ihoy
aoa1o TO Axys IN instinct which waras them to
scono,nizn 1t tor = real o1tronlity Tor once
ueent ty angry striking. tho 1ohsa, 1t seenas,
must hare ntno to co!lert I'm lethht !orco-oot.
however, hta yononI+ for h7 e1ects Due drop of
have often ouyied tho norTo OF man hero who
nuts ils hand intu q uartow-mouthed basket
containing several fresh cobrus sud ploks out The
one ha wants, without tho slightest objeo-
hIssing.' 1ts groas uiug. is, ~ TACT, not to
telslfy tho terrible naga; 4od bali the mystery
of tho busiueas;stanab explained when this odd
e1ni4bllity iu the de4dly cobra Ia understood and
IL AIso observed. Tue Buaka, Judici0uay han
alca, ssonls 10 know Ae will not b hurt aud
/ even wbou hs eMarges. Individually frosh snd
fatal, from Lis ho!e 1t IL lesaon which li&Tey
would hAyo treasured 70 800 how she cnaf9ier
Mn, lin caiuIv and SrulliuatY, hi8Sing And Hx-