CHAPTER XVI.

Secrets to work upon the senses of animals — Ancient and modern 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 Psylli — The faculty which they possessed of braving the bites of serpents put beyond doubt, by the frequent recent, and repeated experi- ments in Egypt — This faculty proceeds from 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.