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Rh are uncovered at the time of exhibition; and thee reptiles, when the jugglers begin to play on their intruments, raie up their heads and dance while this trange muic continues; but if it hould top, they alo ceae from dancing, and intantly his at each other. The dreadful infection raging in the hu— man blood from the ting of a nake, is eentially cured by a juggler, who, if ent for in time, by playing on his balee, as uual, calls forth the venemous reptile from it's hole, and compels it to bite the peron already affected, till it's poion is exhauted, after which, it expires, and the patient recovers. Some of thee men will ometimes preent themelves to public view with