On the sick or wounded bison, But another vulture watching, From his high aërial look-out Sees the downward plunge and follows; And a third pursues the second, Coming from the invisible ether, First a speck, and then a vulture Till the air is dark with pinions.” WHAT a diabolical invention was the “Virgin’s kiss,” once used by the fathers of the Inquisition! The victim was pushed forward to kiss the image, when, lo, its arms enclosed him in a deadly embrace, piercing his body with