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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13202, 13 June 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)

Among some Indian experiences and anec* ■.< dotes re.la.ted by readers of the Gentlewoman is the following true snake' story: —•/-/ "In the next bungalow a little boy daily had his bowl of bread and milk on the'. .V verandah, sitting in a child's high chair,' y He was as merry as a cricket; one liearM J . him talking am) crowing to himself ap-'-Jv parently, until one morning, to my horror; • I saw him tapping the head of a cobra : VfRciitlv with his spoon, saying ''Bobbery,' bobbery' (naughty, naughty), The. snake- / was quietly drinking the milk out of the ~ bowl, paying no heed to the child's plar.'i A sudden noise or movement on Imy pail. ' and the cobra would instantly have .turned-;'/ and bitten the boy. Presently down slid ||I the reptile away into some bushes, and X got the men to* go and kill it. The child f cried bitterly, and said the snake liad come every morning and helped him with bis';,'' breakfast." • As. time goes on electric trains will "be run at high speed from the c&ualry and • Londoners will reside in pure country air. -'V II motor traction may be found the solution of London's great housing problem — The Observer. ' . ~\\ u ~ Z ::: V- Vi •' •'-> \L - V- 'or^^