To The Editor Of The Time...
S6r,-liowever trivial the sutiJ"ct may appear to voa to be, still I think it but ust'to notice the appeal made byilumanis in this morning'AlTaper, to our feelings in behalf of the rabhits wlich are devoted to sautate the serpent's appetite. Now it is a well known hnd established fact in natural history, that all animals of the ger- pesvt tribe will invariably refuse to prey upon flcsh which is already dead, and particUlarly the specics of ssrpeni alluded to in the de. scription. The same reasoning that 'i Humunitas" holds forth, Mt regard to the inhuninity of presenting live animals to the serpents, may be used in a minor degree towards tlic smR1U harle- quin snake, which will feed upon nothing btit white Intce; but I imagmine it would appear to be exeessively ritdicalous to notice such tt H. Sept. 3, 1824. TO THEl EDITOR_OP THE TIM&S,