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his arm, which it Immediately seized with
its teeth, whilst the man, making hideous
y contoruons, 90 il in pain, whirled around.
calling on his patron Saint. The reptile
continued it. bite until ihe Eisowy took i,
oH, and showing Us the blood which ii had
dr~wn. Having laid the leifa down, he
then put the bitten part Of hi arm iaIo his
mouth, and pressing il with his teeth,
danced for several minutes, whilst the mu.
sic played more rapidly than ever, till,
apparently being quite exhausted, lie again
Lated. -
Conceivirg ,ha, tie whole was trick
that the lefa had been beref, of its poison.
and that lis li,c consequently would Le as.
harmless as that e a rat, requested 10 tc
allowed to handle The serpent.


"Are you an Eisowst'' said the man OF
Soos, "or have you steady Gath in lie
power Of our saint?" replied in The
egalive. "rEen" said lie, s,if the snake
,i'e YOU. yonr hour is come.-Brinc me
f,wl or any uninal, and will give YOU a
SIRE proofere YOU attempt to touch q ieffa.


A fowl was brought, and part Of the
Gathers having been plucked, the .crpen,
vas az; in t.kcn up ly The eli hir,ner, and
allowed 10 tite the fowl for an Instant
The bird was pu, on the grouni, aud efter
cunning around as if in fl f.r about ihe


Pace Of minute. ,o;tered and fell dead.


ts flesh Iccame shortly ;ferward Of


lush hue. It Is needleas to say that ai-
er this declined hindling the leaa.


The only way that | can account, for the
s.isowy escaping nnharmed from the bite IF
the snake, Is. that either he prevents The
! TIA, when in the act of seizing his arm.
t ON using its fngs, and tha, tie blood
seen Is drawn BY the teeth only Of the rep.
Tile, which are distinct from lis fanes, or
else that the isowy possesses an anlido,c
70 ue poison, or tha, he puts. it into his
mouth and applies i, il The bitten par, du.
ring the dance. ad ~


! have frequently witnessed individuals
belonging 10 The sect OF Eisowys, in whose
company have Glanced to Le during nv
sporting expeditions. handle scorpions or
poisonous reptiles without fear Or injury,
he animals never attempting to sting or


ite them. Whist was residing at Tan
gier, young Moor who was witnessing
the exploi Of snake .charmer ridiculed
his prowess as mere delusion. and having
been dared by the Eisowv TO touch one Of
his serpents, the 'al ventured into the nys-
tic ring, was bitten by leffa, and shortly
afterwards expised.- Western Bnrbury.
4 WiM Tribes md Suvug .fnimais, by J.
II. Crumnoaad HaN ESQ. l