CHAPTER XVI.

Secrets to work upon the senses of animals — ^Ancient and modem examples — Of the power of harmony — ^The power of good treat- ment — Crocodiles and snakes tamed — ^Reptiles whose venom can either be destroyed or extracted — ^Ancient PsyUi — The &culty which they possessed of braving the bites of serpents put beyond doubt, by the frequent recent, and repeated experi- ments in Egypt — ^This feculty- proceeds firom odoriferous emana- tions, which affect the senses of the reptiles, and escape those of man. .... 324—357
THE PHILOSOPHY
OF
MAGIC, PRODIGIES,
AND
APPARENT MIRACLES.