Show EAST INDIA STAKE SNAKE charmers WE were close to the canton menta of A civil and military station of some situated at the duclon nu cLon of tho the two alvers avera and jamna tho the junction of the two a rivers to ID of noto note from the fact of its it being tho the spot chosen by religious pilgrims in 1 which I to commit suicide during tho the heat of the day hito bile sitting in tire hie cran cr indah dah of the ilia mua mew of the sixth regiment botte guests wo we were all pro um m sipping our broody brandy and puffing our the monotony of this thia occupation VM vai agreeably re likes ed ill by tho the arrival of A couple of adeo charmers those milvi duals each carried on all LL ia head ft a somi globular basket banket which upon being ou on tho ground veto found each to contain some teu ten or thiro cobra cobia capellan the most deadly of rait Lon dhosse bito bile in OK as barely fatal as 03 a pistol bell ball ja in size they aried barild from three to UTO ova feet of a brownish green color squatting on tho the ground and placing one ODO of 0 these to mcp 13 trick in front of bim tho chardor dr drew 1 from his hin licit belt a common reed pipe ana fencl commenced a low monotonous mono strain after a fow few bars bara of tho the measure tho the cobra trembled convulsively cly and raising its bond and neck commenced ewe gm to send and fro keeping timo time to the I 1 piping ailing I 1 and aad this v allam fearful to the comyn aln fluffy hood expanded below and at ab each fida of at its glistening eyes giving it il a frightfully lly human appearance with ill iho q qun k leung bof of tho the mar air higher and higher rose the cobra till liu ho be really boosted upon the abo point of darting from the pound when Pud donly the mca mc aniro ause ceased cea fiod tho the reptile fell prone to tho the earth tho the hood collapsed md ascal I 1 16 was seized nod and returned to elio be basket once during one of these exhibitions so BO strong appears the power of bougio over oter ilca the lid happening to still ali p on off one of tho the pinn iciB tho the contents couten td elevating themselves to tho the height of agomo fot fact commenced a simultaneous mo move vemont to ho piping the otholo writhing mass look ing liko like tho the iti ferreal cuard of some bamo witch caldron I 1 have heard it 16 stated that laiolo linen buell exhibitions no choso the native charmer dows forth aDga of tho the cobra tho the major assured too ine that such auch no not tho the ewe cafe tat 01 ho he lad bad seen tho the like lil performance vilh mth cabras cobras v lefoe had entered dwelling houses find and under tho who invariably coin forth to tho the piping and cro as aa handled and 0 attributes the immunity from hanu enjoyed by tho the charmer to nn an accurate kno knowledge ledge of tho the nature a and nd due dia position ot of the iho cobra nud and ft a prem groat for domm oil |