A.He waits until the serpent raises its head, and then strikes him with his wing, and repeats the blow until the serpent is killed.

Q.What do the natives of Asia and Africa call the vulture?
A.The scavenger.

Q.Why?
A.Because they are so useful in eating dead carcasses.

Q.How is this useful?
A.It clears the ground of them; otherwise, in those warm places, they would be the cause of much disease.

Q.What does this shew us?
A.That the good God has created nothing without its use.