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.',;; 1SINGD'LAlt PHlEN'ÛMENA. 109Mr.+Dowlinp;, whopassed many yeaTs of his life in and al$utSt.fooso, in the course of adverting td the progress of his manufactory,had frequentlY,~eeneye-witnesSitto a very surprising occurrence he~:+!+ .deerswal1o\vill! l,ive serpents. He describes the fact as foUow§K;LThe cleer, after Qiscovering,e:s;amib:~ th~ serpent for sorne .tirne;hethen l'laces bath his fore feet sucqessively on it, standingsomewhatstraddling, so as"to keep the reptile distended to its utm(jstl~n_h. Hehas probably in the first instance secù:ued the head. Th~ deer then putshis mouth downto the middle of. the snake, thereby taking it in; andthen raising his head and neck ta a horizontallevel withlüs body, andpfotlmàing his chin soas to, make his head align withhe apl'earstOSUCK the.sI)ake down double, moving the jaws for the purpose~but not chewiiog; thehead,and taU ofthe reptile, writhing, being thelastparts ofit seen.'1'hisstFange appetite and extraordinary pnoéessMr. Dowling hacl seen numerous instances of"It bring1' to mind the" Cervi pasti serpe11re rrtedulla" (a necromanticalingredient) of.the poet.,Another incident in natural history, no~ altogether unaccount..able" but rather uncommon tu, obsetvation, i.san e,e-witness too,the cOI)lmunicati