Burma . onding to similar figures on a wooden cube, which isshaken in a box. The showmen in Burma are the conjuror and the snake-charmer. TheBurman juggler (inyet-hlh sayd) makes no pretence of occult powers, not evento children. His name implies that his movements elude the eye ; but hislegerdemain does not attain to the art of the Indian and Chinese snake-charmer, on the other hand {alambi sayd), pretends to be protectedby magic. He is tattooed all over with snakes ; he has slits at the side of histongue which he shows, and in other ways he plays upon credulity. It has beenalleg
Burma . onding to similar figures on a wooden cube, which isshaken in a box. The showmen in Burma are the conjuror and the snake-charmer. TheBurman juggler (inyet-hlh sayd) makes no pretence of occult powers, not evento children. His name implies that his movements elude the eye ; but hislegerdemain does not attain to the art of the Indian and Chinese snake-charmer, on the other hand {alambi sayd), pretends to be protectedby magic. He is tattooed all over with snakes ; he has slits at the side of histongue which he shows, and in other ways he plays upon credulity. It has beenalleged that the snake-meninoculate themselves with thevenom, but this is not authenti-cated, though it is known fromthe experiments of Ferrierand his predecessors that im-munity can be produced inthis way. The cobra (inwye-hauk) is exhibited, but onlywhen the hamadryad {ngan-bok), a much larger species ofthe same family, cannot beprocured (p. 96). The snakesare exhibited in their natural 409. burman l82 BURMA
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