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the experiment to see what the black snake would 

 do with my two hands when his tail touched them. 

 The result is depicted in the accompanying photo- 

 graphs. 



IT HANDCUFFED ME 



in less time than it takes to tell how it did it. In 

 fact, its movements were too quick for me to 

 accurately tell just how they were made, but by 

 taking a series of photographs of different views 

 I succeeded in getting some pictures which will ex- 

 plain the operation better than I can by words. 

 The first photograph shows my nephew 



HOLDING THE SNAKE BY THE HEAD 



the moment after its tail had touched my arm, 

 and, as may be seen, my hands are securely tied 

 together, (on p. 404.) 



The second photograph shows an upper view o'f 

 the snake in my hands. 



The third photograph shows an under view. In 

 each of these two photographs I forcibly kept 

 my hands apart so as to show the manner in which 

 the knot was tied. In the last photograph you can 

 see how completely I was handcuffed, after 



THE SNAKE HAD DRAWN THE KNOT TAUT, 



by this living manacle. Of course, I do not 

 want the reader or anyone else to think that I was 



