The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-07-12

jumped into tho boat, and soon reached their
destination
The Island. which bad appeared such love-
y spot ct q distance, proved, on nearer inepeo-
tiou,to be low, svampy place. ogVgrown
with brush-wood. The very ew natives who
Inhabited i described the woods to Be foil Of
tigers, the bushes alive with snakes and cent?
pedes, and the air replote with noxious pesii-
lenee. Such description vas anything bul
progressing; yet the party were 81 yong
men, and, as they came iof pleasure, pleasure
they were determined TO havefin spite Of rep
tiles or disease. Taking care % Keep &c az
from the edge ofthe jungle a. possible, he hap
py group went on, occasionally bringing doWn
a squirrel or bird, til they reached ne spot
where poor Monroe met his death. Here they
sat down, and actually partook Of her morn
ing neal ia,itatingin the closest man1eF the
very positions Wmoh the hunlers party had "a.
ken up on that uniWiunate day. shouting &c The
same time defiance to the wild beasts, calling
on the ierocious animals ofthe woods 10 come
forth and meet their iats
During this foolish gaseoaade a sudden roar
was heard Every one stated up. The
echoes died away, but no tiger aade his ap-
pearance; and perhaps It was very iosunate Zoe
The youths that he did not; for, to comes the
honest truth, they were oil 90 startled, 'hat
many in their haste, had forgotten to take "
The guns which lay beside them. IN The
scramble, poor Jenny had severely spained
his ankle. This was, indeed, misfortune.
Two ofhis companions, however good naiuf-
edy raised him in their arms, and carried him
down to the place where their boat lay waiting
for them. There were two men in It; 90 under
their care poor Seabright was LEFT, lying upon
a green bank close to the sea, while bis asso-
ciates continued their ramble through the is
land Unchequered by a single event that
might be construed into an adventure, the tired
Youngsters after stroll Of a couple Of hours,
| returned 10 the spot where they had left Jeu-
nv Seabnght The sailors had quilted the
boat-probably bad gone in search Of refresh
moni. Their companion, however lay stretch
ed at full length, fast asleep under the shade Of
q thick bush.
"laltl Ony your lives stir not :" cried young
Sinclair, who wasa few PAGES in advance Of
| the others. aSee look at his throat J"
The party stood aghast; a loug black snake
had cooled itsefaround the neck Of the youth
that is to say, had thrown its tail around his
throat, while IT'S raised head kept playing about
within an inch ofthe unfortunate boys face.
Jenny was either fast asleep, or dead. For
| a moment, the party hesitated ~ indecsion be-
tween two opinions. II the snake had bitten
the Young man, it was more than probable he
had expired on the instant, and now lay corpse
before them; ifnot, he was in g deep sumbeT,
from which, if they suddenly awoke' HIM, ne
would naturally move, and insure the fatal bite
which, possibly, might not have yet 0een M
fcted How to act was indeed matter most
difficult 10 decide. Presently, Seabughl sur
red his hand. de oui5 moved i IN the slight
= est aaauuen. yet Il Vas enough 10 assure his
friends that be was aluv, and consequently
brought on the Question how they were 70 ex
trcate him from BIS pauloas situation.
A young guinea-pig "a uidshipnan Of the
FIRST class on board an East lndiamaH IS 80
! styled) proposed the only plan likely to sue.
ceed ltappaared, indeed wild scheme and
little likely to prove avaiIing; but as every m
slant Of time seemed precious, as the danger Of
bis waking increased with each moment the
! party consented to the proposition. In less
: time than the last five lines have occupied me
in writing them down, the jolly REFER had slip
ped off his shoes, formed a running nOose o.
} some very fiae wllin-cord, and mounted tree
which ovefhung the sleeper Here he perch
] ed himself Immediately above the snake, an6
D cautiously and gradually let down the string
] close to the head Of the reptile. A serpent
o like a kitten, Is always ready opay with any
, strange object. The creature, on seeing tho
cord, began to rear its head higher, dartng ID
, forked tongue at the faxen bait. Presently 1
threw itself forward; its neck was in the moose
which the REFER Instantly ierked up. The
quick pull alarmed the animal; the knot wa
4 not supple enough 10 hold the slippery mon
ster; but the sudden shock so terrified II, thai
) in less than the twinkling Ct an eye the snake
f had disappeared. The shout Of the party sim.
ultaneously set up awoke poor Seabught, who
, unable to rise from the pain in bis ankle, sal
I upright, calling on US for an explanation. Thu
we had begun to afford hun, when he suddenly
cried out, aNo, 90. you are deceived, the snake
q is still here; feel It in ny breast-heFe y ~
and he thrust bis hand into the bosom Of M
lshirtl In The next instant we were around
, him, imagining that his fear was the effect o
fancY. He was not far wrong. a cenhpede
some fourteeen inches long, had orept INSIDE
I bis waistcoat during bis sleep. The cold fee
: and crawling movement oft creature BAG
, made aim believe # was a snake. lie hat
l | grasped al it; the alarmed reptile had buneS
1 lie hundred feet into Seabrght's flesh. II
disengage it, we had to tear It from It's yeno
nous limbs, which remained in the chest .
our friend. Two days afterwards we reached
Calcutta, where Jenny obtained the bes
medical advice. Il was, however, nearll
three years before he thoroughly Tecoyere'
from the effects. To this hour Jenny Sea
bright almost swoons when he sees even /
y harmless European eolOpsenda, or Enghah cen
. tinedc.