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favourite food of the common snake ; and while 

 the snake is endeavouring to swallow a frog, the 

 cry of the latter is very loud and distressing. 



But I must conclude. I have done my best 

 to amuse you, by setting before you some of the 

 Great Creator's works, all of which have their 

 peculiar uses assigned to them. Let us also be 

 thankful that this happy country is not infested 

 with those reptiles which you have heard abound 

 so much in hotter countries. This is one, among 

 many blessings, bestowed on this land. 



