should not care to be touched."

The great soft mass came directly over the spot on which they had

been standing, and stopped its descent about three feet from the

ground, parallel to which it was slowly carried by the wind. A

few yards off, in the direction in which it was moving, lay a

long black snake asleep on the sand. When directly over its

victim the jelly globule again sank till it touched the middle of

the reptile's back. The serpent immediately coiled itself in a