Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-09-09
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head almest3seerned to Craze lhe earth be
meath her: ihenfin anplher, before tiIeey.
was aware Of her intention, she toiaIl,
disappeared among the leafy canopies.-
Now she slices down lha stem, winding
herself round and round il; and now again
only the extremity Of her tail rename,
twistedround The root, while She stretched
out her bod y, upon the grass and with
elevated head and high arehing neck des-
cribed q large or small circle, i,ist as her
caprcious plesure prompted.
! These latter movements gave us an 'op-
portunity to discriminate with moro exact
ness Tdurihg a few seconds at titpe] The
singular richness and beauty Of her tints
The long slender body was covered with
network 'of, glittering scales, girdling i.
round with rings above rings, and eflec:u.
ally securing it against every attack.-
The head was of u yellowish gFeen,! ard
| marked in the middle of the skull with a
large dark spot, from whence small stripes
Of pale yellow were draw n down 10 the
jaws. A broad circle Of the same color
went round the throat like Aanecklace, on
either side OF which were two olive coloFed
patches, resembling shields s. "A long 1.-The
back ran q chain of black waves with
sharp pointed edges, from whence on both
sides, narrow flesh colored rings and broad
bands Of the brightest yellow alternately
and in the most regular aorderl descended
in q zigzag fashion towards the silver
white stomach, where they lost themselves
imperceptlbly:. but what served more than
all 10 dazzle the eye with the 3brilliance OF
variegated coloring, were innumerable
spots of a rich and vivid reddish purple,
sprinkled without order over The whole
surface Of the upper, skin ) for with the
animals slightest movement, all these
points and spots, contrasts Of variegated
hues, melted together in The sun beams,
and formed one universal blaze composed
of all the colors Of the rainbow "a. .<s
Much as admired the sp' endor Of its
garment, no less did wonder at the enor-
nous. thickness of this terrific; creature,
which did not yield i'll bulk 10 that OF, a
man OF moderate SIZE. Yet by comparing
its thickness with its length, Zadi was de-
cidedly Of opinion, that the AnaconJa
must have been greatly reduced hy fast
OF unusually long duration, But the trans
guilty OF our observations was suddenly
disturbed BY perceiving that she desisted
abruptly from her airy gambpls, and re.
mained motiunless at the ro 1t OF the palm
tree with her head elevated and turned to-
walds the payilion, as ii i'll the act OIL listen,
ing! l1ss@5~,'J e.<.-t,l usst' II bae .yur.i
At that moment Oh! G1d! with wh1.
violence did my heat beat galnst my
bosoml Ii Las from every circumstance
appeared but to p;o5ablel my friend was
| really shut up within the pavilion, and it
was beyond doubt, that the monster had
discovered his being so near her, nnd was
now on the point OF making a serious at
tack! We could see distinctly the shape
of her hideous head, reflected from the
glass 'wiudows, whose shutters had been
| closed from wihin-But the sight of her
own terrers seemed to scare even The snake
! herself for she Instantly recalled /; aud
then lay ing herself down to The threshold
Of the circular pavilion, she encompasses
| it entirely, as If she was determined to
! S ecure her destined victim irrevocably by
enclosing him within the impossible limits
of her mag ring. .e.. q. .sa. g, f...fs..sf.
Deeply penetrated with the sense OF
that danger by which my friend was men.
aced, forgot my own, and seizing my
gun placed it to my sIr9ulder.@ Tho bal;
whistled through the air was on excel
lent marksmap, and was certain that had
pointed my piece exactly at the monsters
head and ye:-whether too great an
xiety made my hand shake, or that the
| animal at that very moment made some
slight change in her attitude, know not
but it is at least certain, that not the slight
est shrinking gave me reason 10 believe
that she felt herself at all injured. In the
4 meanwhile Zadi had seized my arm, and
drawn ne lorcibly into q. deeper part OF
the thicket. a-. ~a'ue..rs. .,.. s:
'Ah! Mr.. Everardr sighed he, | was
well aware TINT the Anaconda can set all
our fire arms at defiance. Her scaly hide
renders her invunerable, except when one
is close 10 her :. and all that you have
done is TO put your own safety in danger,
without advancing single step nearer to
my masters relief, .a,s al II saE 80
However, 1t did not appear lhat our
enemy had paid much attention TO my as
sault upon her. On the contrary, she
only busted herself in renewing her at
te,npts to gain an entrance through the
pavilion S window; till at length seeming
| ly wearied with her unavailing efforts. she
retired slowly, and concealed herself un,
der the verdant umbrella of the PLAN
trees. We also had reganed our former
lurking place; through We were more
irresolute than ever, as to the means most
proper TO be adopted wards the rescue
OF my friend. ..s......,-.r.
While we stood thus with our eyes hxee
immoveable upon tho pavilion, we obscrV
ed the door to be slightly ogitated.-
After, minute, the lock was gently drawn
back; slowly, and with the utmost e eau.
: ton, did the door expand about half foot
and out sprang Pysche, a beautiful ltaliar
grey yhound, Seaield's (avorite play -lello"
and irseparable companion. As il con
scions of her danger, she rushed down tn.
hill with utmost swifness; but, with, ST still
greater swiItness did the Anaconda in one
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