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are uncovered at the time of exhibition; and theſe reptiles, when the jugglers begin to play on their inſtruments, raiſe up their heads and dance while this ſtrange muſic continues; but if it ſhould ſtop, they alſo ceaſe from dancing, and inſtantly hiſs at each other. The dreadful infection raging in the hu— man blood from the ſting of a ſnake, is eſentially cured by a juggler, who, if ſent for in time, by playing on his baſlee, as uſual, calls forth the venemous reptile from it's hole, and compels it to bite the perſon already affected, till it's poiſon is exhauſted, after which, it expires, and the patient recovers. Some of theſe men will ſometimes preſent themſelves to public view
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