A LADY of our family, wlio resided in 



Louisiana, was nursing her young child. Every 



night her sleep was troubled by the strange 



sensation of a cold gliding object which sought 



to draw the milk from her breast. On one occasion 



slie felt the same impression, and it aroused her. She 



sprang up, summoned her attendants ; a light was 



brought ; they search every comer, turn over the bed, 



and at last discover the frightful nursling — a serpent of 



great size and of a dangerous species. The horror which 



she felt instantly dried up her milk. 



Levaillant relates that at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in a circle of friends, and during a quiet conversation, 

 the lady of the house turned pale, and uttered a terrible 

 cry. A serpent had crept up her legs, one of those 

 whose sting is death in a couple of minutes. With 

 gi-eat difficulty it was killed 

 In India, a French soldier, resuming his knapsack which he had 

 placed on the ground, discovered behind it the dangerous black 



