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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-11
Receipts Yesterday
rn,IrnE MnYEMnNTs.

Tnr Rene Macready, Capt. o. X.
Joplin, is the pacs ct this evening ~
o'clock [ st. Francis river.
THR Lee Line packets tomorrow
evening are Coahoma for Frairs Point
and Dean Adams for Osceola.
TuR Gayoso, Capt ". p. Hall, is
the pacse5 Thursday evening at D
o'clock for Tiptonville and the upper
bends.
Tue ChicSasaw, Capt. L. G. Pos
tai, is the packet tomorrow evening
| for White river. c. NJ. Postal and
John Childress are her clerks.
THE City of Cairo, G pit. shep'
Iightner, is tbs Anchor Line pacSst
to-day at - o'clock for Vicksburg ana
the bends. j. G. Elton is her clerk.
Tar Arkansas City, Capt. II, w.
Brolaski, is the Anchor Line packet
this evening at 6 O'Clock for Cairo and
st Louis. w. IL. Pritchartt is he'
clerk.
The Anchor Line steamer City OF
Natchez, Capt. III. Il. Bixby, will pass
down to day at II o'clock for New Or
leans and all inte' mediate landings.
II II. L. CoIbyn is her clerk.
TUE Kate Adams, Capt. Mark. X
Cheek. is the United States rnail
nocket Thursday evening at 5 o'cloef
Tor Helena, Arkansas City and all way
landings. W. G. Banker has ctarg'
of her office.
Tue Joe Peters, Capt. +. b. Smith
is the packet this evening at o clocl
for all points on Arkansas rver, goinl
through to Pine Bluff. Chas. &nssel
man has charge of her office, assiste'
by Rufus Foster.
THE James w. GaG, Capt. John 5
Jones. is the pacs ct Thursday evening
at 5 o'clock for Cairo, Louisville, Gin
cinnati and all way landings on tho
Ohio river. II. G. Bruce and Lev
Hates are her clerks. The Gah will
will give cheap rates to all point
North and East.
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PROV,aION-.

BrTTRR-Creamery, 3o(0S4c; dairy,
15t12Oc; butterine, ISOLDE; country,
l2IalSc accord nP t. cIudiioD.
UHREsE Prime Il AS, 70; New York
factory, s., full cream, l23c; Y. A.
l2Bc.
rI;pew $1,000 % per barrel sugar
cured hams, packed, 9l9l0c; brcAk-
t,st beacon, 1900; clear lib bacon,
6l@6Sc.
BULK PoRK-Clear sides, 5EG6c /;
clear rib sides, 5s@5ac; long clear,
5l@5sc; shoulders, 4(04lc.
LARD -Tierces, 81 a &c; half-barrels,
6I@6ic; kegs, 6f@6sc; buckets, $50
6jc; haif-buckets, 61@6sc; 51-lb tins,
8Ia6tc; 2O-lb tins, 6s96lc; l0-lb tins,
6f06sc; 5-lb tins, 6st964c; Glib tins,
6s@6ic; choice kettle, tierces, 6S9
6lc.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May l0-Pfovisions
verv dull and lower. Pork lower, e9(a
925. Lard easy, sos. Bulk meat.
essy and about &c lower; loose lots :
long cIesr, soc; short rib, $50 ;; shoIi
clear, 545c; boxed lots-unChaDRed
Bacon easy; long clear, 6i; sho
ribs, $500; short clear, 5.95C98, HamI
firm, 9(9l2c. Butter dull and EASY
choica TO fancy creamery, 18G 2Oc
choice TO fancy dairy, l69lSc. ER.'
steady, 7ic.
OH1oAao, I'LL, May 10 Mess porI
active aud weaker; cash and June
So 85(98 20, closed at IS 873SS 10
July, IS 7OSS so, closed at $S71tC9Ss0
Lard easy aad 21@5s lover; cash snt
June, 5i9S.S5c; July, 6f095 923c
Short rib sides weaker; each. 6.20(e
5.22in. Boxed meats steady; d.!
sailed shoulders 4@4.lOc; short clOa
Fidee, 5 55(95.60c. Do the Pfoduc
Exchange butter rnlsd steady; cream
ery, l4(Al9c; dairy, 13@l5c. Egg
dull and weak at 99l0a.
Afternoon Board -'P rk weak q
a. so. LAID unchanped.
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GROCRRIEn.

CoHFKH-Oommon s9Slc; ordinary,
a994e; prime RIO, lie; choice to fan.
cy, lli(2l3Ac: old government, 239
35c; Ceylon, 20;.
SoAP-3A(95ic per pound.
SUeAR-Pure white. 65l; of white,
6sG6ic; yellow, 6tG6s' :; opsD Kettle,
5s@5kc; refined A, 6i. granul4ted
zs@7ic; powdered, 1851 cut loaf
sALT-sl 9Osl 80 per barrel; tacks,
iue, 81 so; coarse, 81 ~; pockets,
blsached, q ME; car loads from levee
or depot, &c cheaper.
MoLAssEs - louisiana, common t.
fair, 20@3 ic; prime to loice, 3OC94hG
syrup, S0CG,4Oc; common tn fair, 2D(g
25e; prime to choice, 3O@3Sc; csn'uI
uRal, fancy, 33c. 90
ToBAoCj-COmmon, IL inch, 20'd
SOC; other grades aod styles, 81 So
suuG-GMryt's, 40 IS Per cas-
Rllph's. $40 % per eass; K X 80 81
CAxDiEs-Shcsa. I'll az &, ia box =
pals and barals, 7i@Sii
CANDLKs -Full weight. 10 biOl'
CAENEp Coop, Ere. p per Dc z
en-: Pinea oples, 81 IS ~ g.; peaches
Glib, standard, IL 259l 50; seconds
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WHISKY. WINES, LiQVORS, UTC

WHISKY Straight Kentucky Bour-
bon, n GlG6; rye, 81 zoos; domes
tic, 90c@N 80.
ST. LOUIS, Nc, May lO.-Whisky
firm at 81 10.
CHICAGO, LII, May 10 Whisky
steady at II IA.
CINCINNAu. O., May Whisky
steady at 81 10. Sales OF ll20 barrels
of finished goods on this basis.
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GENERAL TRADE.
FUTUks DEALS.

The following is the record OF the
bids and offers at the session OF the
Call Board OF the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday:
CORN.
No 2, white, May, $50 o. t. bid
No 2, spot, size o. t. bid, 3S asked
May, sac o. t. bid; June, SSc asked
OATS.
No. 2, white, May, 39c o. t. bid
May, 33tc o. t. bid; July, SIC Bit
No. 2, spot, 34c asked; May, 33tc
asked: June, 3Slc asked; July, Sic
bid, 80 asked.
BRAN.
May, s1S 25 asked; June, $ls.asked
July, $13 asked.
1901 CoRNMRAL.
Spot, 81 95 asked; May, 81 S5 bid
81 50 asked; June, 81 90 bid, u 81
asked; July, 10 brls sold at 81 20.
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HIDES AND PU,lLTRY.

HIDES Dry flint, l2lo16cj dry
salt, 100l2c; green salt, 6l@7c; green,
5j66c; deer skins. l6@l7c; wildcat,
2i64Oc fox. 2oGA7bc skunk, 25.@
75c Beeswax, lS(@2ic; tallow, SO
Qlp
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
quiet, and closed quiet and &c lower;
middling, SIC. Ssles, 1850 bales, CT
which 1850 to exporters and 700 to
spinner.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS.
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CnTrnN nEEp an. ETC.

SEED Delivered at depot and wharf,
IS per ton; on bank of river 4 o. b.
boat, S. wagon at mills, S.; MEAL -
Prime #. o. b., tl5 per ton. Less
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aAocINC ann ~ I'M, TT D

BAdGrNG -Ju e, 94@1lc; flag, 94@
IOIc, accordingto weight. Ties, IL 10
al 20.
NAus-p2 40G2 90.
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New York futures opened STEADY,
and clos d quiet and 10 , points
lower than Saturday. sac, 81 900
bales. The closing gu )tatioas were SIS
follows:
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New York spots opened quiet and
easy, closed steady and l-16c lower.
Sales, S5s bales. QuotatioLs were As
fOlloUa.
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1IouNp4 am mULEq.

IIopSrs Good driving, Slj06225 ;
GOOD saddle, Sl4nCGS 800; pugs, $500
80 good mares, $3.50 40.
AcLts-l4l TO Il, SllO@l35; 10 to
15I, sl256li0; l54 10 l6, $l5Oal75
Good demand; supply fir
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The New Orleans futare market
opened steady, and closed steady
aud TO poins lower. Sales, 2hSUO
bales. Quotations were as follows:
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cFAN ~TFAW~HIpS.
EUKOPEI

Cooks Exeur-.On PARTIES leave IN
April, May. June and July. Send for Pro
grammo.
In Europe and all parts Of the globe. FAs'
sage T'eksI by all lines OF steamers.
OOk'E ExcurstOOtst, with maps, pup
lished monthly, by mail for TEs CENTS.
nHOS. COX a. SOn,
2Rl Rrnadwa New Yorh
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PESROLEUu MARKET

CoAL On Prime white, wholesale
lots, lie per gallon.
CLEVELAND, O., NAV l0.-Pctroleum
unchanged; =. w, ll00, 7sc.
PrrrsBuRG, PA, May l0.-Petroleum
dull and heavy; Ma ional Ta1si'
c. rtificates opened at 7ilc; c'ostd at
73lc highest, Jisc; lowest, isle.
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JOHN H. NORTON
8 Madison Sc, Memphis, Tenn,
DEALER IN
STOCKS AND BONDS
Correspondence OIicited. InfOr-
matIOn eheerfOIIy furnished . @6a
FINANCE.

Money in good den aud at per cent
The Clearing House report is as fol-
lows:
CLRkRINGs.
Monday, May 10th, $2F0,2l3 49,;
thus far last week, 1901, 279 40; same
time in 1885, S224,062 "a same time
In 1884. sl7s,995.
BALANCES.
Monday, May 10'h, s69,627 49,;
thus fer 'aat week, $89,2l SO; same
time ia 1885,, $64,s5l ga; same time
in 1854, $2S,2l4 IA
EXCHANGE.
New York sight on all points. nar
buying. I premium selling; New
England dem and, 4 discount buving;
New England sig t, DISCOUNT; New
Orleans, / disronnt buying, par selling.
urnrtyu
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New York Hry Goods MarReI

New York, MAY lO.-Tne mark {
was very quiet in general demand,
but with a hardening tendency for
low and medium grades OF cottons.
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Lake Shore, 26,S95; Louisville and
Nashville, 1920; Northwestern, 12,-
$50; New Jersey Contra, $40; New
York Central, 5522; Pacific Mail,
1855; Reading, 500; st. Paul 30,9l0;
st. Paul and Omaha, $3.50; Union Pa
cific, Il, S45: Western Union, $40, and
Oregon Transcontinental, $3.50. The
closing quotations were as follows.
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Tae New o leans sp tmarket opened
Quiet, and closed dull and irregular.
sales, $50 bales. Quotations were as
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La. stamps, 4s, T234 Missouri, GO, 1918.
Tenn. Is, old. So Tenn. IS, new, IS
Cent. Pac. lists, ll534 ben. x R.G.ls-s, llSh.
DenSR.G. W L t>,753Strie seconds, s9%.
M X. X T., sen 6s.s3i2 North. pac. lists, ll1la
North. Pac. DDS, 9il4. n. Western con-, lil1a
INVEST. deb. IS, lC554. st L.S.F.Gsn NJ, 1854
81. Paul, con. 1873. St.P.,C Il +. lists ,l231a
I. p. land grams, 351ST.P. RIG. ex cou. 40.
U. p. lists, ll7h. West shore, 1921.
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Receipts at ports, this day, 1886. = $50
Receipts at ports, this day, 1885. 2,O7l
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
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INSURANCE STOCKS.
MI CsLLANEoUs.

NJ. and G. r. r. shares..90 bid, -. asked
NJ T. R.R. sharAs 40 hid, e. ssked
M. q @. cons, us, ISL 6 bid, -. assed
M. & L R lat IN. 8s... no bid, -. rs ked
Miss & 7 r r. cs,A...l20 bid, ~ as h d
Miss. & T r R CO, b.. l06 bid, los asked
Tenn. WITS ser O....".97 bid, 9S9 asked
Tenn. wrs. sei. ID tn J..S2 hid, 80 asked
Shelby Co. 6s....".l06 nd, 1919 as ked
Tax. o st. 4, 6'..,...... q33 pid, 81 asked
Tax. % st. 6t......... l02 bid, 1924 asked
Mem. Stor. Com. UJ..ll1 bid. l13 asked
Mem. las stock........T bid 80 asked
Nam, Gas bo ads zee. los bid, -. asked
Mem. Water honds.....9 bid, -. asked
Hananer Oil Works. -. bid, 50 asked
Am. Cot. Oil trusts ...28 hid, 283 ~ ked
Pioneer Gotten Mills. II bid, 20 asked
New YOnK, May l0.-Money on call
easy at 2C93 per cent. prime mer-
camille paper, 4i95. Exchange on
London dull and steady; actual rates,
1851 for 10 day., and 1891 for demand.
Bonds Both government and ) ate
bonds were dull and steady TO-DAY.
There was an average business in rail
road bonds. Sales II ,258,0O0 OF which
Erie seconds, cOnsols, eI-June coupon,
furnished $5z6,000. The rest OF the
trading was well distributed, and
closing prices show frac ional changes
only, with iew exceptions
Stocks-The stocS market was with
out especially 'nHuential news this
morning, With the exception OF the
death Of VT. Woeraih efier, which Gre
ated something Of stagnation until
the operators found out that practi..
cally he held but a small line OF
shares, having greatly reduced his
holdings within a short time. There
was an irregular opening, though in
no case did prices vary more than
per mt. fro m Saturday. In the early
dealings tn ere was some activity, &c
-companied by considerable strength
but later it became exceedingly dull
and heavy throughout the list. Lack
awanna, Lat Shore and st. Paul were
the only stocts which showed any life
Prices moved Off slowly until siter
o'eIockp M, y hen there was renewed
activity and some frmness, bat in the
last hour prices again sided of small
fractions, and the mars ct closed
heavy The final prices for the active
list shov insignificant changes, in ne
cases exeee ing per cent but among
the usually quiet oc Mi waukee
Lake Shore and Western PREFER {
advanced -, and the common PEI
cent. st. Past common also advanced
3 per cent all on very ligh trading
The total sales of stocks to-day wert
932. 90 shares, inclu ing Delaware
Lackawanna and Western, SO,7I7
Delaware and Hudson, 5162; Erie
75Ju; Kansas and Texas, 1915
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-03
A Plague OF Rabbits.


First the white man took Australia.
driving out the abOrigines and then
came the rabbit and drove out the white
man. 1t would be pity if our colonial
history had yet to be written in this
way. Nevertheless 1t was the white
man who introduced the rabbit to the
Australian continent, and he is now
having hard fight to hold his own
with it. Premiums are in vain offered
by the governments for the invention of
a rabbit destroyer; a committee of in
qulry is at present inquiring into the
devastations by rabbits; in Victoria
there is rabbit department. The yerv
causes that have made the colonies
glow grain so wonderfully under the
care of the settler are responsible for
bis ereate7t enemies, the hordes Of rab-
bits. 1t is the country that "agrees
with them So" By-and by some man
of science may come to the coIonists,
assistance. In the meantime thew
should take comfort in the survey Of
affairs In Brazil. There the field mice
are like the sands on the seashore il
being calculated that single pair NAV
increase TO twenty-thTee thousand in a
year st. James Gazette.
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The Buffalo and the Indian.

Whatever may be said against the
buffalo destroyers of the far west. the
meat killers. the tongue hunters and the
robe seekers, they have added no small
item to the settlement of the Indian
question on the plains. The winter of
1881 saw their desdIiest work, and
over quarter of q million of robes were
shipped from the Yellowstone valley.
holding now about the same number Of
cattle. The true plains buffalo is now
practically annihilated 10 the United
states, there no doubt being Groves OF
them on the Canadian rivers further
north, but in this district even they are
rapidly disappearing under the rain of
bullets that has been poured upon them
for the last ten years. There is still left
a species called the wood, or timber. or
mountain buffalo, that congregat 8 in
very smqll herds. and that occupies the
district of the Big Horn and the Wind
River mountains. They are also found
in TIM Yellowstone National Park. and
will no doubt remain updistnrbed tbere
for years to come.
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Formation eta Feather.


In the skin of a fowl. where feather
Is to appear, there is to BE- seen p Lsttls
pit, and at the bottom Of this there rises
little mound or pyramid. Ar5u-d-hs
pyramid certain little grooves extend
deeper at the base. and seeming 90 rsd.-
ate from one large groove at one side. all
growing shallower and finally disappear
ing at the top. The whole pyramid s
covered with a skin composed us tls
same scales, OF fatteued cells. as those
which cover the whole BODY. Iu ordinary
processes o. growth the new formations
on the surface of the body -lr.v III. ss
effete matter, the older portions af -ts
skin; but here they are retained. ard
become SO closely united % each other
that they form a sort of horny coat
more or less strong. acc0r5i-Era It's sEs
over the surface of the pyramid Sc
new cells grow at the base. they push up
this little horny piotubsrauce until J.
breaks at its lhiunest point. which IS
opposite the large groove. Then as rev
gTOwths stiH push il forward and f4.sl
it, 1t assumes the form Of a feather, TIE
ridge in the main furr0w OF grooves
form the separate barbs Of thR vein
When all this web Of the feather is COM
pleted, the pyramid loses its grooves a1d
becomes smooth. All parts are of egu5.
thickness, and so hard as not TO break
easily, but remain tubular. and form S
quill, which is attached to what remains
of the pyramid. The finger nails and
even single hairs are developed and
formed in the same way. and every one
who has injured aud lost a finger us+,
knows by how long process-s1ns
three OF four mOnths-the missing tuLs1
TO bis digit is being reproduced.
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Words OF Wisdom.

Keep little annoyances out of the way.
Pay as you go, and don't go till you
pay.
Nobody is so wise but has a little folly
to spare.
Keep your conduct abreast of your
conscience.
Hide your own troubles, but watch to
help others out of theirs.
A wise man SHOULD have money in his
head, but not in his heart.
Common sense in an uncommon de-
gree is what the world calls wisdom.
Long sentences in a short composition
are like large rooms in a little house.
Conscience is a great ledger, In which
all our offences are registered.
The proverb that light gains make
heavy purses, is true for light gains
come often; great gains, now and then.
The manner of a vulgar man has free
dom without ease, and the manner of q
gentleman has ease without freedom.
Divine Providence holds in one hand
the ''sOrrOw" which "endureth for a
night" and in the other the ''joy'' that
''cometh in the morning.
There are some people who never have
cheering word for a struggler. They
make life just as hard as possible for al
who are striving to do right.
Teach self-denial, and make its prac
| tice pleasurable, and you create for the
world destiny more sublime than eveI
issued from the brain of the widest
/ dreamer.
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4 Western Pack Train.


] We had often heard or pack trains.
but car ideas had never assumed a def
mite form until it was our good fortune
. to witness the packing and departure Of
nifty mules and three horses with five
/ drivers. The merchandise all having
been previously collected and carefully
packed, Ia labor requiring many days. as
every whiskey barrel must be enshroud-
ed in burIaps, and other goods made into
bales. the mules are led into large
open shed, and placed opposite each 9th.
er, and facing the bales, upon which the
weight Of each is marked. The animals
are then called out of the ranks by their
respective names, and respond by taking
step or two forward. Leather binders
are placed over the eyes of the animal
to be laden, then saddle cloth OF blan-
keS, then the pparahoes"-immens
pannier-like arrangements which are
securely fastened on by the united efforts
of two men, while the mule, who is no
novice in the business, resists their eff
forts az much as possible by putting him
self up, making it difficult to accomplish
! the operation. The smaller animals are
| packed first and with the lighter goods.
two bundles of corresponding weight be.
ing placed in opposite panniers. Two
| or three men are required to lift these
burdens 20 their positions, were they
/ must be held until as many more strap
/ ard rope them. The mule, meantime.
makes all the trouble he can. knowing
that he is being imposed upon he kicks
and squeals, grOans and grun:s, and in
! some instances lies down and tries to
| roll over, as soon as released from the
hands of his tormentors, and it requires
all the persuasion OF kicks and blows,
vigorously applied, to induce him to
rise. The weights placed upon them
vary from two hundred and twenty five
pounds to four hundred and eighty, the
latter being the weight of two
barrels of whiskey. They are a
motley crew. Some have merely bags
piled one upon another to an immense
height others are almost lost to sight
between two square boxes; two have
stoves on their backs, whose protruding
pipes look bruised and battered, after
the attempts of their carriers to roll
over. Beans and sugar, kerosene and
candles, tea, coffee and oysters. with
everything else that is consumed in a
mining camp, is placed on the backs of
these animals.
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Power OF Fascination In Snakes.

Some animals are held in universal
dread by others. and not the least terrible
is the effect produced by the rattlesnake.
Mr.. Pennant says that this snake will
frequently lie at the bottom of a tree on
which squirrel is seated. He fixes his
eyes on the animal, and from that mo-
ment it cannot escape it begins a dole
ful outcTy, which is so well known that
a passer- by, on hearing it, immediately
knows that snake is present. The
squirrel runs up the tree a little way.
comes down again, then goes up. and
afterwards comes still lower. The snake
continues at the bottom of the tree. with
his eyes fixed on the squirrel. and his
attention is so entirely taken up. that a
person accidentally approaching NAV
make considerable noise, without the
snake so much as turning about. The
squirrel comes lower, and at last leans
down to the snake, whose mouth is al
ready disterded for its reception.
LeVaillant confirms this fascinating
terror by scene which he witnessed. -
lie saw on the branch of tree a species
of shrike, trembling as if in commissions,
and at the distance of nearly four feet.
on another branch, a large species Of
snake, that was lying with outstretched
neck and fiery eyes, gazing steadily at
the poor bird. The agony of the bird
was so great that it was deprived of the
power of moving away. and when one of
the party killed the snake, the bird was
found dead upon the spot-and that en-
tirely from fear-for, on examination. it
appeared not to have received the least
wound. The same traveller adds that
short time afterwards he observed a
small mouse in similar agonizing convuI-
sions, about two yards from a snake
whose eyes were fixed intentIy on 1t, and
on frightening away the reptile. and
taking up the mouse, it expired in his
hand.