. The bird . THE A LADY of our family, wlio resided in Louisiana, was nursing her young cliild. Every night her sleep was troubled by the strange sensation of a cold gliding object which sought to diaw the milk from her breast. On one occasion she felt the same impression, and it aroused her. She -, spiang up, summoned her attendants; a light was bi ought, they search every comer, turn over the bed, and at last discover the frightful nursling—a serpent of gieat size and of a dangerous species. The horror which she felt instantly dried up her milk. Levaillant relates that at the Cape of
. The bird . THE A LADY of our family, wlio resided in Louisiana, was nursing her young cliild. Every night her sleep was troubled by the strange sensation of a cold gliding object which sought to diaw the milk from her breast. On one occasion she felt the same impression, and it aroused her. She -, spiang up, summoned her attendants; a light was bi ought, they search every comer, turn over the bed, and at last discover the frightful nursling—a serpent of gieat size and of a dangerous species. The horror which she felt instantly dried up her milk. Levaillant relates that at the Cape of Good Hope, in a circle of friends, and during a quiet conversation,the lady of the house turned pale, and uttered a terriblecrj. A serpent had crept up her legs, one of thosewhose sting is death in a couple of minutes. Withgi-eat difficulty it was India, a French soldier, resuming his knapsack which he hadplaced on the ground, discovered behind it the dangerous black 132 THE COMBAT. serpent, the most venomou
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