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MISSION-HOUSE AT BANKOK.

their slow length behind," among the tiles and rafters, composing the roof of our abode. Snakes of hideous size and colour, were almost always to be seen, in the heat of the day, winking their lustrous eyes on the sunny side of the trees in the vicinity Among them was a small species of asp, supposed to be the same as that used by Cleopatra for selfdestruction.

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

WHITIFG, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.