Show SOME FORMS OF many may be known to the Read crt while others have A flavor that Is new hypnotizing a hen Is a trick known to most country boys it Is nn nd old experiment first described by the jo suit eather Athanas lua lus kircher reber whoa laid a hen on the table held it firel firmly for a little while and drew a chalk line in front of its eyes with the re sult that it remained as if in catalepsy in india it is known that a cobra caught by the neck and gently pre presses seC will soon become stiff and remain 30 for a considerable time either cither coiled col leff up or out straight A frog fastened to a board fias and turned suddenly upside down goes into a trance other animals are tible to this treatment treat merit some than others A it if you pick up a crab and wave if in the air it becomes immobile a fe male bending her ber legs over her abdomen amo a male sticking them out almost straight the same Is true of the tha freshwater fresh water crayfish only this resists for a much longer time than the crab among the insects catalepsy cozo corn conly known as ideath death feigning iv 1 common and according g to prof fro nest mangold the learned naturalism naturalise natu ralise is often a means of saving the hit of the insect |