The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-15

motion. While spinning around atuhs rate she removes
tho and puts Them by onea in her basket mo
slightest false NOTION and away would go the whole lot
causing amusement audience sud disgrace to tho
dancer
Every knows that Indian jugglcry is the most
remarkable in the world. ~ Roussect some of H.
but does not describe the most wonderful
tricks The other nmusemenis referred are
the fights between the elephants Thinoceroses
bufaIoes and The Guicowaris very fond OF these
amusements and tho bl0oder better for his savage
tastes The worst of these exhibitions is tho Ruckika
KoostL Men trained Tor the purpose take part this
and tear each others flesh with horns until the Guco
war orders them TO stop. He generally lets them go
on until one OF TIE Is KILLED. There is hardly
space in a daily paper 10 touch upon tho many
subjects OF interest in this book There the hang
Ing gardens, the bazaars the church lands, tho field
sport the Buddhists the serpent chaTners ana many
other things thAt OF interest and peculiar TO this
country We cannot refrain from giving an Interview
with snake charmer. He had no.cobra al capello
in his stock, but offered 70 get one from
the garden surrounding travellers house
The Invested himself OF his clothing
and, seizng his tounril, charmer Sfute, invited NJ
Rousselet to follow ON reaching The back tho bum
gaow, where the ground covered with briars and
stones he placed The in strument hsmouh and pro-
duccd from IL some piercing sounds interningcd with
softer rnoduations while with his body bent forward
he narrowly scanned the vegetation. Amer moment
ho pointed out spot 10 me-, and. looking toward IT,
l saw scrpent's head issuing from beneath stone
With the rapdity OF flasa of lightning tho charmer
dropped his instrument and seizng the reptile with
marvellous skill luag il into the and caught IL by
the tail it falling the ground. On examining
It. it turned ont 10 be harmless adder Tho sapwaah
continued his search with mpassioned gesinros border
ing the comic and less than second the toumril
dropped the reptile lung into the mir and de-
scended, when the Indian, with triumphant cool
ness presented TO tho tail or frightul COBRA
three feet in length. The hidcous reptile struggled
but, with rapid movement, the charmer seized him
by the back of the head and opening bis jaws showed
the terrible fangs which, dstii death This proved
that there trckery, for the scrpcnts which tho
charmers carry around with them always fangess
He then took a small pair OF pincers and drew out.
every fang thus rendering tho reptile powcrcss to-
HARM
dancing and snake charming, reference TO the book
will soon show The author takes deeply into,
the manners and customs Of the singular people OF
whom he writes than do many. He enterprIsing
and intrepid traveller and is careful and instructive
a writer Tho book is a remarkable specimen OF the
BINDERS art and those who supposed that nothing OF
the could be done this side OF tho Atlantic will
be surprised whom they this elaborate and hand
somely bound volume. The holiday books will have
more valuable addition than NJ Rousseet's India and
Its Native Princes"