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Show SLEEPING WITH SNAKES. My presont boa always sleeps in my bed round my feet. He Is perfectly clean, lies still and very seldom disturbs dis-turbs mo; occasionally ho crawls to my face to lick It. I frequently tako a python to bed, but at present she Is timid, and If she cannot tlnd my feet crawls out of the bed aud curls herself on the floor. I do not myself believe that any python py-thon or boa Is savage, but they are dreadfully timid, especially from the Ill-treatment they receive wheu first caught and the misery and terror they enduro on tho voyage. Thero Is another an-other thing. They have no eyollds, and bolug suddenly uucovcred and dragged forth to tho light buffer from tho glare very acutely. It is best, thereforo, to hide their heads In your hand or under your coat. Handlo them often and give them water, pressing their heads gently into It. I feed my boas frequently from my hand, but tho last tlmo I offered a python a guinea pig tho prey escaped and the python took In tho wholo of my hand Instead. He soon discovered Ills mistake nnd was greatly distressed, rubbed his head against my hand nud seemed to fear somo sort of punishment punish-ment Slnco that tlmo I have bad great difficulty In persuading him to eat unless un-less I nurso him or tako him to bed, when ho will lio tho whole night with his head in my hand. From a letter by Dr. Mann, In "My Strange Pots," by Richard Bell. |