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THE SERF A ATS.
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phantoms of my reveries; for they are
protected from us by an invisible something
between us, the cold walls of our prison, and
though seen, can never be touched. That
man should master us thus is but the order of
things : they are superior, for they always walk
with their head erect But it does aggravate
me to remember that the two most despicable
races in creation frequently vanquish us."
" You mean monkeys and swine," hissed
another, and twisted himself as if suddenly
roused to anger.
" 1 hate swine ! " was the opinion expressed
by a dark head, looking ferociously from
among the batch.
" My mate was killed by a large monkey,"
resumed the second snake. "We hunted in
the same cornfield which a tribe of these rascals
used to frequent. I had left her, being eager
in pursuit of a chamelion, who in vain changed
colour several times,—better to hide amongst
the branches and foliage of a thick underwood.
I hung myself by my tail, and lay in wait along
the under part of a large branch. I sent out
my magnetic effluvium, and soon the creature
came running along the branches, attracted by
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