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Upon seeing it Mr. S was about to dismount to arm him- 

 self with a weapon to dispatch it, but presently he bethought 

 himself that it might be under the influence of his sweet notes, 

 and accordingly resolved to discover. He, keeping in liis sad- 

 dle, continued as before, and when he neared the admiring rep- 

 tile it set its sinuous form in motion, and moved along rapidly 



SXAKE CHARMER PERFORMING. 



till it got a considerable way ahead of the pipes. Then it 

 halted, and again raised the region cf its intellect to sip in the 

 strains of the harmony in its rear. After a repetition of this 



scene for several times Mr. S determined on pushing his 



experiment further, and for this purpose set out in a slow trot, 

 when, to his astonishment, the snake went double quick, still 

 keeping ahead of the music, and regulating its pace by Mr. 



8 'space, 'pulled up' whenever he pulled up. At length 



Mr. S ceased his melody, and the snake, finding that the 



