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MEN HUNTER FUR YEARS. iéaifillih'“EOED‘IBS§°§§5.XCET£%RE IN MERRY ULD ENGLAND; police, assisted by an entire bat- CHASES THAT HAVE SPREAD 330%“ tillfgrffi‘y' and by strong NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN C 8.0 ien S 0 0 BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. OVER SEVEN BIRTHDAYS scors GREYS rnon DUNDALK. l 1 The entire countryside was, of occurrences in the Land That : ) mee©e©e©e©a©o©e@o©e@ei I tried to devise some ‘means ‘ of ‘ é> helping my friend out of his terrible AT 9) position, and presently I sat up in 6 bed. Hearing me move, the snake 2 © . g 2 got restless and the whistling almost <.> ceased for a. moment, as Price real- : l 6 lzed that I saw his situation and â€"_ . "“ 'e der ss'stance. He ' - . . . $®9®0©9©¢®0©9§6®®©9©9<§ foeg’lfifsvé :isheg ti) warn me Cf’fiflffifi aqflzznsgaaifiidoiingfin course, fi'iergdly .to the fugitixlres, and Reigns Supreme in the 001m I 'had been in Ceylon some years against. startling the reptile into adoes Caught. the game ‘3 “me and 599‘ mlght merelal World. 1 conceivably have continued even , , , . ‘ longer than it actually did, had not rule 9110011 S 31“ t9 “"105 “mm 1 the "wanted" men been illâ€"advised She dfitsu‘bfi. to speCially honor al- 1 enough to quit the mainland and most invariably takes the form of a A 1 seek refuge in a snmll island off the bro‘och 9r bracelet ‘ . ": coast. There they were stormbound, qhe b13305}. léllnldr? “,1 London and ran so short of provisions that has seven Rules 0t drying llngs’ a” 1' they were glad rather than sorry to under GOV.”- Elghty .thousand pieces be taken» on. by a gunboat Special” can be dried at once in the sIace of When the incident I am about to re- striking. The cobra, annoyed at the late took place. At the time I had cessation of the music, hissed and a. billet on a tea. estate “up counâ€" darted out its tongue, and Price, try,” but having a fortnight’s leave with admirable nerve, started again. due I had decided to spend it with The whistling resumed its even meaâ€" my friend Price, at Mahadenia esâ€" sure, and that deadly head began to tatc, in the Kelani valley, or the sway again in time in the air. ' "K. V.," as it is' familiarly called. I dared not, move again. My There has recently been run to earth at Matinat, in Algeria, a. conâ€" vict, named Pierre Lamonte, who escaped from New Caledonia some three years back, after murdering two of his guards, and dangerously wounding a. third. Usually the I had never been in this part of thc‘ friend’s face I could not see. My FFCDCh authorities in that I‘OmOte . half an hour 5' :ls‘land before, though it had often owu, I knew, was moist with great quarter of the globe do not trouble dispatched for the purpose- . The tot-11 proceeds of the Burns been mentioned to me as being an beads of perspiration. The agony greatly after runaway prisoners. 3° ma“ hunt °f m°dem “ms” and Scott Blemoriml Bazaar held in ." *Xtremdy hot place. My trip in- of suspense was intense, so that I once they have got clear of the ho‘vemr’ has lasted so long' or st J'uncq' 11-111 iond‘ont ‘IHIOIUN ll:- ""01"’9d 8- lOlll'ney 0f 28 miles from knew what my poor chum must be colony ; but the circumstances sur~ 0051‘: so . many lives as that , 01“ to‘ 96-0 ‘Th’e anUI’lt lfecoived i' Colombo to Avisawella; for the Kelâ€" suffering. When would his nerve rounding this particular gaolâ€"breakâ€" gunned 1“ “115 country: agams‘t “‘8 from thé‘chjidf is 3.5 q w .. £100 l:- ani Valley railway, now in course of breakdown? When would the snake ing were so exceptionally atrocious b1'°_the"5 Jesse and Frank James’ Them (me .It “)1. SD; GET.) t, 1311.. :1 construction, had. not even been tire of the whistling and strike? that it was resolved to make an “‘31? robbers, murderers, and proâ€" ttl'in son; 4,; 0660083 , dl’ ea. . ’3'. thought of in those days. This was These were but a. few of the thoughts example. Money was accordingly fine-551011111 dCSPG‘l‘adoeS. For four til Unit 53d S't t I 21 313315193: '. {‘1 f the first time I had left my district that crowded through my min-d as I poured out like water, large rewards {fears on end the Pinkertons’ the In?“ :000 {603)5' . ’9 :1 I ' 1m 1-; Since coming out, and OVCI‘yUling I sat and watched this awful spectacle were on'ored_ detectives were disâ€" 1111110115 detectives, tried their hm‘d‘ 500 3800 0’ nd’s 'r-Oénoooapmil' d1 " i saw seemed comparatively new and of life and death, How long I sat patched to follow up a“ clues and est. to ellect their capture, but, after in (:h.n’ a omo I ’ Sp n as Strange- The Daddyâ€"fields on either like this, not daring to move for investigate all rumors, and the re. losing nearly a dozen of their best ‘ I 3' , men, had to confess themselves MP“ .Fl‘snds JOh'HSOD’ a‘ we“ beaten. In the end, James was shot “9‘” Justlce of the peace for 0110' dead by a detective named Ford, dlure' fen dead on Liverpool land- wiio wormed himself into' the rob- "1‘s? S'tage’ Wmle hurrymg to catch bel,.s confidence and then took ad_ a leil‘rcylr boat for Egreniont, where he vantarre of his trust to kill him in rogue ; r . . his sizep ; and Frank surrendered. The 22nd Elghlaml Light Imam” The chase lasted altqgether seven him m“ng .11} Jersey and th‘? Royal years’ and cost the nice little 3le Welsh. I‘usdiers. left for LlChfield‘. of $250,000 ; while, of their would_ bio Highland regiment has been sta- be captors, the brothers killed tinned in Jersey for at least three twentyâ€"three and wounded eighteen. mufflers Of a ,century' . . _Pearson,5 Weeklw Colonel I-Iippesley, who has Jusi “ retired from the Scots Greys, after side of the road; the Royal Mail coach, a brokenâ€"down, second-rate concern, with horses’to match â€" all seemed curious and remarkable. After leaving Avisawella I had a Walk of some eight miles before me. The Kelani Ganger had to be negoâ€" tiated in a dugâ€"out canoe; then came a. trudge through leechâ€"infested paddyâ€"fields; and then, as darkness drew on, a climb of 800 feet. At last, however, I reached the bungaâ€" low, receiving a hearty welcome from fear of disturbing the reptile, I canâ€" not say, but at last it came to an end. A small figure hopped on to the windowâ€"sill. Rance, attracted, I suppose, by the whistling, had come to listen. She paused a moment, peering into the corner from which the sound came. She was behind the snake, so that the latter could not see her. The little creature seemed to take in the situation in- stinctively, and with two catâ€"like suit of it all was that the “wanted” man was eventually found to- be sewing â€"â€" although a Frenchmanâ€"- in the foreign legion at Algiers. One of the Parisian defectives sent to effect his reâ€"arrest, however, had been well-known to Lainonte in days gone by, and as soon as the crim- inal caught sight of him he bolted for the desert. He succeeded, too, in eluding his p'ursuers for another thirteen months, but the latter were now on their mettle, and by dint of my fl-ieud_ Price was musical. he bounds and a guttural snarl she was enlisting the good Offices of the - o . _ _ . . . ' . . , l 6 link id ‘ tl ‘- I could play a variety of instrumentsâ€" 011 the bed, had glasped the “Obm' Sheik of Wargla, their quarry was DRAWING TEETH. e22; Ogltlllélgwmfgnl osgélllliilgfmt; flute, mandolin, Violin and guitar â€" from behmd 01050 to the head. and at length Captured disguised as a __._. ‘ ‘ " ‘ a splendid reception on his return home. ' The Roman Catholic population of M. Denier, one of the leading denâ€" the United Kingdom is estimated at Lists of Paris, is using the phonoâ€" five and a quarter millionsâ€"viz., graph to lessen the horror of tooth England, 1,500,000; Scotland, 433.‘ drawing. He has three large cstab- 000; Ireland. according to the cen- llshments in the busiest part of the sus of 1901, 8,310,028. French capital, and he noticed that In a national brass band COMPOU- those patients to whom he was tion held at the Crystal Palace, obliged to give an anaestheticâ€"no London, and in which 88 bands tool: matter of what kind, even if it were part, Black Dike WCn first prize. only laughing gasâ€"showed unâ€" Wka Temperance the second, and favorable symptoms when they Luton Red Springs the third. awoke from unconsciousness, their In more tlfan a dozen English condition being largely due to the towns- electric light plants running effect of the noise of the traflic in from 19,000 to 22,000 lamps of the street outside. They suffered sixteen candle .power get power from from severe headache and interfer-lfurnaces in which refuse is burned, ence with vision ; but what dlsâ€" either by itself or. mixed with other tressed them most was that during fuel. the time they were under the inâ€" At present 108 trains in Britain fluencc of the anaesthetic they had run 100 miles and over daily.with- usually horrid dreams or imaginâ€" out a, slop. In Scotland the Gale- ings. donlan Company take the lead, their The dentist saw that if he could longest run being from Carlisle to keep the noise from the ears, and ,Stirling, 1175} miles, in 2 hours and consequently from the mind also of|18 minutes. his patients, great good would beI Great Britain,' with her colonies, done. The only way to do this Was owns nearly 0ne~half of the total to create a louder counteracting tonnage belonging to the marine of noise or sound which should bclforty nations, 01'V14,000,000 tons pleasant, not nerve irritating. out of a, total of 29,000,000 tons. Obviously music. was the thing. Be This is divided among 28,350 ves- iried a phonograph, and still uses sels, of which 10,838 sail under the it. When a patient is seated in hislBritish flag. chair he places the phonograpli’s Five hundred men, of many naâ€" tubes to the ears and allows the inâ€" tionallties, of many occupations»â€" strunient to work for a little while. but all of them homeless, pennilcss, Then he administers the anaesthetic in ilie'world’s richest cityâ€"may be and he finds that the patient beâ€" seen any evening, however wet or comes unconscious much more quickâ€" cold it may be, forming a long, ly and easily, and requires much black line in one of the obscure less anaesthetic . than was forinerly.strects of the backyard of London. the case. The Duke and Duchess of Westâ€" Not only that, but he can perform ininsier, who sailcd for South Africa the dental operation without inter- will make a tour of the battlefields ruption, and when the patient l‘C- of the late war. The Countess of covers consciousness- the after effects Airlie sailed also to visit the grave fll'e' Slight inf-300d COIIIDIU'Cll With 0f the late Earl, and see the memor- those which nearly alivays presented ial which was: erected.by the officers iliciiiselvcs before the DhOHOgI‘aI)’h and men of the 12th Lancers. buried her sharp teeth in its back. With a, yell I sprang from my bed and seized a. stick, as monkey and snake rolled over on the floor in a confused and struggling heap. So mixed up were they that it was imâ€" possible for me to get a blow with- out hurting the plucky little monkey. By this time the whistling had ceas- ed, and aroused by my cries Carey Came running in with a, lamp. The struggle did not last long. The cobra, weakened by the repeated bites of its determined little antag- onist, and unable to get at her to bite, relaxed its coils and soon lay on the floor a bleeding mass, while the victor skipped on to the bed where Price lay and perched itself on his pillow, gibbering ezgcitedly. She was, luckily, quite unhurt. Having disposed of the snake, Carey and l devoted our attention to Price. The poor fellow was in a swoon, and on being restored to consciousness went off again. He presently developed a high fever, and as the case was beyond our powers he was removed to the local hosâ€" pital at Carawanella. When he finâ€" ally became‘ convalescent we took him down to Mount Livinia, a plea- sant seaside hotel near Colombo, where he stayed until he sailed for England, complete change and rest being declared necessary by the *docâ€" tors after the fearful experience of that night at the Ruanwella Rest- House. Price told me, when at "The Mount,” that he had been awakened by feeling something mov- ing on his chest, and on opening his eyes had been terrified to see a large cobra. The snake raised its head to strike, whereupon a sudden in- spiration prompth him to begin and was fond of whistling to his own accompaniment. It was a pleasure to listen to him, and the evenings used to pass all too quickly. At the end of a week we decided to visit some friends in Avisawella. It .was a Saturday, and as it had been raining hard for two days, and we could see the paddyâ€"fields were floodâ€" ed, we went round the long way, which was more likely to be passaâ€" ble. In some places we were com- polled to wade through the flood, at one time having to go in right up to our necks. At other places we got canoes or rafts, their native owners being glad to earn a few cents by taking us acr05s deep stretches. The day was fine and very hot and as We had on thin khaki clothes we soon got dry again after each ducking. ' . After ‘spending a pleasant Sunday with our friends we started back for the estate on Monday morning. The waters had somewhat abated by this . time. and Price said he would take me home by a short cut. But, as: is often the case, the “short cut” provâ€" ed the longest way round, for Price missed his way, and at 11 a. m. we found ourselves not much nearer home, but, fortunately, very near Ruanwella Rest House, for which we W“, . decided to make. Here we met an , ofliccr of the public works depart~ ment named Carey, who was in charge of some works in the neighâ€" borhood and made the restâ€"house his headquarters. He was glad of some company, and we stopped to breakfast. While we were enjoying the meal it came on to rain, and poured in bucketsful all the after- noon. Under the circumstances we could not cross the river, and so had to make up our minds to spend the night at the restâ€"house. Carey had a pet monkey, a pretty little while thing called Rance, which "took a great fancy to Price, who played with her and gave her plan- The Phonograph Is New Used by Mohammedan pilgrim a Paris Dentist. EN ROUTE FOR MECCA. An even more exciting man hunt, although not one of such long dura- tion, Was that which has just re~ sulted in the arrest of Patrick and James Kenil‘f, two Queensland des- peradoes, who for three months- set at defiance the united efforts» of two inspectors, fifty constables, and sixâ€" tcen black trackers, reinforced and aided from time to time by a small army of volunteer helpers. The purâ€" suit cost the Queensland Governâ€" ment over $10,000 a week, or about $125,000 in all. The brothers began by murdering a. Chinese teamster and looting his Waggons. There went in search for them a subâ€"inspector of the mounted police, named Doyle ; a Mr. Dalkc, manager of the Carnarvon cattle sta- tion in the Mitchel district of Queenstown ; and a black tracker. They came across one of the desperâ€" adoes by a fire, but while they were binding him the other suddenly openâ€" ed flre from an ambush. The black tracker thereupon ran away, and since then neither Mr. Dalke nor Inâ€" spector Doer have been seen of huâ€" man eyes. Aided, however, by native guides, who were able to decipher the story from the signs on the earth as plainly as though they had been witnesses of the affair, the dreadful tragedy that ensued was AFTERWARDS MADE PLAIN. The two man hunters were riddled with bullets, and their bodies were then dragged by the brothers Keniff to a big rock having a hollow deâ€" pression in the summit. and there burnt to ashes. When the fire had “'hiSfling- This RCUOH Undoubtedly died out, the murderers collected to- SRV'Cd his life: for the mUSiC arrested gether certain calcined bones. teeth, the attention 0f the Com“ and at and buttons, and packed them in the Same time attracmd “‘9 phwky the saddleâ€"bags of the unfortunate little Rance, who was the means of inspector’s horse, with a View to relievmg him Of his terrible bed-£01" removing them eventually to some low' better hidingâ€"place. The horse, howâ€" -. m! . - .. earn-«'QtiQfi'nixm‘q.§.m>.n-.=v , - “TRA- ~1‘- '~ fl.“- . -1 f | twins and biscuits. Sh .‘ . . . . . . , . . had been numbere'l aluonv' the 0011â€" A Welsh minister w; .‘u1‘)l“s‘ a. I _ t P". ’ .. e'seemed to You may be S‘lllc the pietty little eve]. bolted, carrymg “nth xi; Its 1.1;“. _ f“ hl f Qt. ‘ at A y I _ ‘ . v i s ppl CClfl C 11cc S Whistling DO‘WCI S‘, lnonkey ‘vlis not forwotten. Carey ' l ‘d ' d ,t “"18 1.8 S 1310 oSbl\)lla Ill-u XUIJLH S. [the otnel dflbr to Jocel‘,e a basnct 0] and would sit on his knee while he ° dieadfu bui en, an i . . Another form of suffering, more or potatoes from an old womanâ€"a less mental, which music has the member of his congregai'ionâ€"with tlu power to relieve is insomnia. At a mcssage that, as he had remarked time when the great majority of,the previous Sunday that common people were quite unaware of this. Haters (Commentators) did not agree the first Napoleon put his kuowledgc.with him, she had sent him real of the fact into practice. After hisfiood (mos, , banishment to St. Helena, slccp St. l‘eniol’s Library. Hawarden was for a long time almost denied ,which has been erected as a national to him, and the effect on his g‘C‘ll- memorial to Mr. Gladstone, at a oral condition became so bad that cost, of £100,000, was opened by gave her to Price’ and I kept her 1:91. which led to the brothers’ undoing. him until he came back from ms The whole colony was up in arms at trip to. England the uncxampled atrocity ; and, al- She lived for some years after though, being well mounted, the that, and her greateSt pleasure was murderers escaped capture on several to hear PriCe whistling. She always occasions, they were at last mm Slept curled up on his pmow' CVi‘ down. One of the brothers was (“may determined that new" again Wounded and taken prisoner, and should her master’s slum-hers be disâ€" the“ the other, after SOmO parlor turbed by unwelcome intruders. mg, gave himch up. whis-tled, placing one paw on each side of his face and looking into his lyes with a most comical expression. I suppose it was partly this whistâ€" ling that attracted her. At any rate, it led to a most fortunate reâ€" sult, Will be seen hereafter. Bedâ€"time arrived in due course, and Price and I shared a room. We left the window open and the light burning. It was one of those primâ€" _ ._ 9 The “Otm‘loushJflnZ? I‘ri'nc'helgaun' his attendants became seriously Earl Spencer on the 14111 ult” n - - . . r _ .- ‘. )' I - . . I ltive contrivances consisting of a Who es(a1.ed t euot ltl‘. ray 1 10m alarmed. At last he said . has been placed on the blow of 1m floating wick in cocoanut oil, and A COSTLY PEACE_ Blal'ybomueh ‘vonVlc pus‘m’ ms 3“ “I must have a couple of hours Of‘hill at fffawarden, and commands a made an excellent night light. albeit record'of which even an Australian rather smelly. This stood on a small fable near Price’s head, which faced the window. My bed was in the opposite corner. These are triâ€" vial details, you may think, but ‘ they have an important bearing on my story. ....... . L . mHSiC before some to bod-n AMI lovelv view over the estuary of the rt \1 ' ‘ ‘ ' i ' n n ‘ I Details of the South African Army m‘el‘hlllget‘ Imight lbe $13113); 1210‘: night after night he took the pleaâ€"9pm, 1gL-{tC1-nm1y the bumnng is faced of Occupation. 3051"" ago' “ 1C“ a “3’ “ 1 saint (1050 1‘0 had DIOSLlwod 101 'wuh Ilclsby stone, a red sandstone, . and attempted murder, he, while bcâ€" himself. so unexpectedly good were while Hm roof is covered with dark The last number of the Canadian ing removed 011 a Side car from .l)oog the results that instead of the “I,an [,uuormem “hm I: . I u, t. l. . Military Gazette gives the following ert to Casltlebar, stunned one of his “long. “.akcmmossu that Lord ROSO_ like Queen Victmiw Queen Alexmn‘ details» of what troops the South 'oscort with a blow on the head from hwy 'rcicl-s to in “Napoleon : the (11-4 vh-hsftnnlbsio'nf‘s erected over the African army 0f occupation Will Ihis millmClOd llands' and tOOk to the Last Phase," the fallen emperor n-rfivesuof herll‘ct dog's, Queen Vic- consist. Truly, War is a costly woods. He remained at large for Slept as a rule, for eight, and Somedgojm bid will“, Stqtulfié undo of hp; game, and, in this case, Peace six months, during which time a times even ten hours. (10:_0“_fl,("(‘1 ‘MI‘fire‘ C‘Omf'm‘io‘rg an}; scarcely less so. The particulars are force of 250 police were continually But 1,0”va the Strangest use to “Send-‘0“ hicck‘s of Slto‘né 0:61; “LE as follows .â€" . . heating the country for him. . When whim must can be put is to stop remains in the grounds at Prop “An increase is to be made in the at. last rcâ€"_captured he exclaimed : the no“, of wood from a wound Au ‘monx At qqndrinnqnm are this v.7 .. . . _ ~. 7 _ - V . n l . _ fOUO Ollgmany dammed f°1 the “I 511311 81‘0 you the bill) 301: and army doctor noticed that when. R .iz‘ravos of two dogs, a Siberian and a g‘fffeclfzffigl‘i58’11gfig'5 ifosifigtljflxfigéig‘fe' HE HAS KEPT His worn). wounded soldier was taken to with- Bernard, and on the stones are We turned into bed and soon dropped off to sleep. After some time, however, 'I was aroused by the sound of ~whistling coming from Price’s corner. “Surely he doesn’t whistle in his sleep?” I muttered, iri‘liably, and, as I could get off to lrrltablv. and. as I could of; if . . . . . r. in easy 110111111” 0f lull-Sic 11011101111118“ llS -r‘bc ' a ' . ‘ to sleep. again while then whtigscttliiiw Increase m the populu‘tlon’ “ml “1‘ The explous 0f soar and lung" was either greatly reduced or actual- t'ljwcel flieglcxi-lorli 1mg: hillellcnglil 0‘ mm} 0,, I turned over to reach for; volvcsthe addition of both cavalry again, who last year escaped from 1 ' ‘ ~‘ ' ' 0 "‘3- ’y “100" y stopped. Neither he nor others, -;,1,3xa,,d,.ul and the dates who confirmed his observations, deaths. could understand how this pheuoâ€" In his new bbok Admiral Sh. “vi-I, incnon was brought about, but it is now believed that the vibrations of the air produced by the music causes Borstal convict prison, will douthCSS of then be fresh in the minds of most readâ€" ers of this article. Hundreds of police were on their track within a few hours, but they eluded capture, and infantry. In future there will be in the Transvaal seven cavalry regiments, nine mounted infantry battalions, twenty-seven battalions of infantry, two batteries of horse a shoe to 'throw at him. Suddenly an object; caught my eye which made me pause and- hold my breath. There, near the bed, stood the light, burn- ing dimly as we had left it. On 'llain Kennedy relates the case of a marine who was brought before a court martial at I-Iong Kong charged Prices chest its head ram, artillery and one brjgade division of although reports of their where- the patient to become faint in with mcutordm . ,. I . ' - . . . - . - . - ' ation. lhe cou1t h: v- ed and swaying from Side field artill-eiy. In the .OIBJ'IQCIRIVCI‘ abouts ‘ quickly began to come in which case the action of the heart in”. 1mm gwom the prison” was to side and its hood inâ€" COlony the garmson Wm conS‘St 0f from placucauy all o‘er I‘ent‘ It is so considerably lessened that the I 1 . ' I ' , l . I asked the usual questionâ€"Did be ob- 0‘ CPHOW or b 00d 13 mducM' ject to any member of the court ? i _‘ Looking around with infinite con- Easgend. Both were eventually CHOOSING HIS LAST MEAL. tempt on his judges, he said. "Yes, re-taken, but not until months after- An amusing story is told of a man Ifobjfmt to the Whom bloomm’ lat 0‘ wards, and then more by chance condemned to death recently in 3'01" Spotlhuny u"? baldfl‘jeadeq Old than anything else. France who was asked, according to bound? m_the Wad” ' HIS sen’ But how these inStanCCS are Quite custom, what he would prefer for his mum Is not“ rccmdc’d' OCIiPSOd by the big 1111111 hunt WhiCh last meal. He chose mussels, which, 1t took place in the mountains of though his favorite dish, always, he " Donegal in 1889, When scvcn peas- said, caused him terrible indigestion: At St. AUgustine, Florida, is the ants, accused of having participated "This time, however," he added, only mill in the World which gets in the murder of Districtâ€"Inspector grimly, "they will not have the its power direct from an al‘tesian Martin, of the Royal Irish Con- chance." W011. transpired afterwards that‘ilie runâ€" aways had struck straight for Lonâ€" don, and had gone into hiding in the tw0 cavalry regiments, three mountâ€" ed infantry battalions, eight inf-anâ€" try battalions, and one brigade diâ€" vision of field artillery. In Cape Colony there will be two cavalry regiments, six mounted infantry bat- talions, twelve infantry battalions and one brigade division of field artillery; while in Natal the force will be increased to two cavalry regiments, three battalions of mounted infantry, six battalions of infantry and one brigade division of field artillery.” fluted, lay a large cobra! It had evidently crawled into his bed for warmth and awakened him, and he, knowing that snakes are influenced by certain kinds of music, had, with extraordinary presonce of mind, thought of this expedient to keep it from attacking him. There he lay, unable to stir, whistling a low, plaintive tune â€" a weird air in the minor key â€"â€" while the snake kept (fine to it. A more remarkable spec- tacle it is impossible to conceive, and I lay therefascinated.