22 AUGUST 1896, Page 16

A SNAKE-STORY.

[TO VIZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."

Stn,—Is it generally known how much horses dislike snakes Fb When riding over in Australia my horse suddenly refused to move and stood trembling. I looked some hundred yards. ahead and saw a large snake across the road. I fastened my horse to a tree, and went to try to kill the snake. All the time my horse reared and plunged and neighed loudly till I returned and the snake had crawled away. My horse stood quietly to let me mount and went home without furthes