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ATTRACTIONS or THH GKEAr PRAIRlEs. Mr.
Kendall of the Newt Orleans Picayunc in his enter
t,i,ing sketches OF his Santa Fc Expedition, say.
that on tao Night OF July 4, lSil, his tent was
visited by a rationale which crdrled orer one
et the part, to find smuggling place undor blanket
Kendall covered himself head and all, and lay
ou-t till dav. when the snake being q" an early
,,irrrr." had gone out He saws TINT occurrences
of ,hi. kind are frequent on the praires but that
these snakes never bite. unless provoked, except
IA A-eu.t. when they strike at every thing being
then supposed to be blind. He adds


"Tarantulas. too, are frequently found upon and
under the blanket Of the campaigner, and are ssis
10 be as poisonous as the ratile.nake. They are
large. black. veuomous looking spider, nearly as
large as a common tca-cuP, and their bite Is 'aid
,o be- even worse than tha, Of the nttlesnakc.
When attacked with suck, they will roar up on
their hind iegs AID attempt to bite AMI arc eN
ir.iselv ferocious in every respect. The least
scratch from their long fangs throws person into
convulsious. and will produce death unless INN G.
dIate medical remedies can be procured The
ballet of d" l.. Tarcntulc,' in which Els.er gained
~ much applause is beautiful creation. although
founded entirely upon a superstition OF the ltalians
The bic Of the real tarantuls drives q person 10
,ny thing bu, dancing--evsn that species OF TITS
aad-,,.rts srdcr 50 beautifully given BY the fair
Fanny IN the ballet | have alluded TO.


1t j, cas-, enough to kssp the rattesnake from
a persons bed at nigh, while sleeping on the
prairie. b, placing a hair tsriat OF rope entirely
arogrd a. bed the snake viii nsver cross IT hu'
thi. IS no guard aeain. the tar,ntula. But it .
persons. however arr bitten by either. rot an 70
stance occurring on the route, although we sa"
large numbers of them.