. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . nt ; Dragon. 55 1 Jas. iii., 7. See Serpent-charmers.—2 See alsoBrazen Serpent.— 3 Exod. vii., 10.—4 Gen. iii., 14;Isa. lxv., 25; Mic. vii., 17.—6 Deut. xxxii., 33; , 4, 5; cxl., 3; Rom. iii., 13; 2 Cor. xi., 3; , 9. SERPENT-C H ARMERS 866 SERPENT-CHARMERS Serpent-charmers, a class of men in theEast who profess to bring the most poison-ous serpents entirely under their they perform their
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . nt ; Dragon. 55 1 Jas. iii., 7. See Serpent-charmers.—2 See alsoBrazen Serpent.— 3 Exod. vii., 10.—4 Gen. iii., 14;Isa. lxv., 25; Mic. vii., 17.—6 Deut. xxxii., 33; , 4, 5; cxl., 3; Rom. iii., 13; 2 Cor. xi., 3; , 9. SERPENT-C H ARMERS 866 SERPENT-CHARMERS Serpent-charmers, a class of men in theEast who profess to bring the most poison-ous serpents entirely under their they perform their feats is not veryclear, but the fact is beyond all Wood, to whose work on Bible animalswe are indebted for the substance of thisarticle, throws some light on their perform-ances. The handling of venomous snakes,he assures us, has been performed by Eu-glishmen, without the least recourse to anyarts except that of acquaintance with thehabits of serpents. The late Mr. Waterton, for example,would take up a rattlesnake in his bare handwithout feeling the least uneasy as to thebehavior of his prisoner. He once tooktwenty-seven rattlesnakes out of a box, car-. Serpent-charmers. ried them into another room, put them intoa large glass case, and afterward replacedthem in the box. The nature of all serpents is rather pe-culiar, and is probably owing to the modein which the blood circulates. They areextremely unwilling to move, except whenurged by the wants of nature, and will liecoiled up for many hours together whennot pressed by hunger. Consequently, whentouched, their feeling is evidently like thatof a drowsy man, who only tries to shakeoff the object which may rouse him, andcomposes himself afresh to sleep. A quickand sudden movement would alarm thereptile, which would strike in self-defense,and, sluggish as are its general movements,its stroke is delivered with such lightning rapidity that it would be sure to inflict itsfatal wound before it was seized. If, there-
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