Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1845-04-24
Adventure with a Boa Coms,ric,,-

Captain c., of her majesry's si,h roo
was one OF the most indefaugable sponsm.n
ever met with; and the entire of his time H.,
could be spared from regimeuraI duty was O,,
sed in the jungIes. He was man of vas, n.,
sonal strength, could undergo any degree of f..
ligue; in short possessed a perfectly iron con.
siituion.
When upon one of his excursions, Capr,i,
c. happened to be passing the night a, ,
small village in the Wynaud jungle, when =
ryit who had been ou, very late searching for,
stray bullock, came 10 tell him of large cbeerm
or spotted deer, which be had watched 10 j.,
lair. He had also heard from the villagers H.,
large snake had been seen several times !,
that neighborhood. He started accordingly a.
ter his game at daybreak, accompanied by rhe
yllager and favourite dog, which rarely len
his heels unless ordered. After proceedIu,
abou, half mile through very dense jnple,.
aud being. as the villager supposed, near rL,
spot where the cheeiul had laid down, Captain
c. Of a sudden missed his dog, and hear.
ing rushing in the bushes about ten yards off,
accompanied by whimPering noise, he turned
in that direction, and saw, what he at G,,:
glance took for tiger, from lis colour, NIX
.ure of black and brown, but soon discovered
what the monster really was-a huge enOrmna,
boa constructor, which had seized his poor Juno.
and was al the moment crushing her to atom,
him saw what it was likewise, and immediate
Iy fed. Capt. c. afterwards described the
appearance of the reptile, when thus coiIed
round his dog, as somewhat resembling bar.
rel, every portion in violent muscular motion,
and he distinctly heard The bones OF the poor
animal crack in succession within lis terrible
embrace. At last the monster raised its head,
and fixed two glaring eyes on Captain c..
who in another moment might, perchance, have
been fascinated by their deadly CLEAN, but with
unerring aim he placed two balls in its forehead
Their effect was not however, as he expected,
fatal, and the snake instantly uncoiling itself
from its victim, came straight at CaPlainC-,
who, Of course, took to flight, but so thick wa,
the Jungle that he found the animal gaining on
him, from the noise it made among The bushes;
and, therefore, songh, shelter in tree, reload.
ing his gun with all possible expedition
Whether the reptile followed him by sight OF
SMELL he could not judge, bu, Captain c.
was only just prepared for a second discharge
when the boa constructor reached the tree, and
Instantly twining itself round the stem, would
have soon seized him, but fortunately at the
mex; shot he blew out both its eyes with !
charge of BIB; yet though the snake appeared
for moment stunned, j. still continued its e.
forts 10 reach him, until by repeated shots Il
was i2capacitaied from rising, not. though, ill
Capt. c. had completely empned his pow
der flask, and he even then did not venture 10
descend, as the reptile continued coiling round
the tree, occasionally by muscular movemcn!
showing that its vital powers were not wholly
extinct. A, length, after some hours solitary
confinement on his perch, and shouting Until i'
was hoarse for aid. Captain c. had The sat- /
isfac,ion TO see number of villagers arrive, By |
whom the mons,rous animal was completely
destroyed. Captain c. had no means
accurately measuring its length but by Ps''
of stick, which The natives said was cuOs
long. and he declared that it measured uPUa5
Of thirty Of these, and much thicker than one o.
his own thighs, which were Of make 'n' /
would have well become The leather fs:f"
shdmes Of sny Lifeguardsman! The head
the boa was cut off by his orders. and sent
the Hon. Mr.. Cole, then resident at MysoP' |
and its enormous jaw still may possibly be
existence a. the Mysore residence.
Madras U. S. Gass'.s
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