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snake — a perfect ghost in its completeness — 

 would make a splendid " bogie." We can see that 

 it might, indeed, be useful in such a way, as in 

 frightening marauding crows, who approach with 

 cannibalistic intentions upon eggs or young. 

 Thus the skin would correspond in function to 

 the rows of dummy wooden guns, which make a 

 weak fort appear all but invincible. 



