The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-02

head 90 bite u, This WhH thr Only Pneiunn !
could have held him with safety and ofioct,--
70 do 30 it only required little resolution
and coolncss, ! then took a small piece Of
stick IN the other baud, aud pressed u against
the Gang, which is invariably IN the upper
jaw, Towards the point nf the fang there q
u little obloug aperture ou the convex s'dr .
OF It, Through this thero 10 a oomlpunieation
down the hng Ia the root az which lies lit /
tie bag containing the poison Now, when
lho point Of the tang 10 pressed, thr root Of
the fang sends up a portion OF the poison
therein contained Thus, when | applied a
piece Of stick 10 the point Of the fang, there
came out Of the hole liquor thick and yell
| low, like strong cammOmile tea, This wa
the poison which was dreadful IN il effects
A. to render the Lebarri snake one of the
most ualannaIiz ~ lLa- i.-----t--u " tTuIuUd,
once caught fine Laharr, and made Il bite
itself forced the poisonous fang into ib
belly Ina few minutes thought It WIS go
ing to die. Tor il appeared dali aud heavy
However, ia halt an hours time, lac was a.
; brisk aud vigorous as ever, and in thc cour'r
OF the day showed no symptoms oi being at
tccttd, l. them the lite ot % -uakc proof a.
D. gain.t hi, own poison Thi. subject Is not
p unworthy Of 'hc consideration OF tAr natural
d i,L
= There was q person making shuelcs with
q twenty or thirty negroes, not lar from Mibri
! hill / had odcrcda reward Ia any Of them
) who would find a good sized snake ia the for
- c.t, ant come and let nae know whcrr ii wis,
b Oucu had these negroes looked for q large
, snake, aud as oncn bcrn disappointed One
e SUNDAY mosrina met one OF thcmip the for
4 cot aud asked him whore hc was going IL,
IS said n was going towards Narratilla crock
3 to hunt an arlail,,lu; aud lac had his lill,
+ dog with him. On coming back about noon
s the dog began to bark at the root of lnrF
G tree, which hal bccn upset 10y the wlirwn,
g ard va. wing there ia gradual state Of de-
a ca, Tic Negro said he thoneEt IEc iog wa
It barking 30 au acouu which had probably uA
= en- refuge under tree, and hc went up viii
.' ar intrudbu To Nil IT, lly there saw a ,nak,
10 and ha.trh,d tn inform me Of j.
u The sun had Ju.r pa',c.l The meridian OF
cloull@, shy; thcrc va, .,ar,cly a. bird to b,
seen Tor the winged Inhabitants of the forest
"a, though overcome hy heat, had rdircd Il
the thirkca shadrall would have been -icnrc
&cry !, uo, that the .hrll Voice Of thr Id-pi
yo. every now and then, rc,ouulcd f"m
distant tree. wa, sitting on what had one
Lccn the stupa which formerly lsd up IA
RI now Wondering aud dismautlcd buildiug.-
'' The. negro aud h. little dog came down tr
e. I...! ~ irr-tr TrIvt tyvJy SOON informed that
'' snake had htcu,discovcrd huI, that it was
u, ynung one, called the bushuastcr, a rare an,
= poisonous snake. Instantly rose mp, am
'e LAYING hold OF the cirht-foot lance, which wa
1t cln2e4A ule---..Al IL -then, daddy Y.2slidl
'r eve will 90 and have a look at the snake"
l- yas barefoot, with an old hat aud check -hir
" and trousers on, and parrot braces 10 kcc
'' them up. The negro had his cutlass, and q
'd WI assembled the hill, another negro armc
De with cutass, joined us, Judging from on
~ pace, that there was something to do. tn
k little dog came along with Us, and when "
II got about halfa mile in the forest the ucgr
r. stepped and pointed to the fallen tree; all va
d- still and silent, told the uurrocs not 20 vi
from the place wherc they were. and krr
80 the 4ittlc dog with them, and that would :
e. and rcconnoitre
in / advanced mp to the placc slow and ca,
a. tious. The snake was well concealed, but
c- last made him out, it was u coulacanara, n,
n poisonous, but large enough To have crush,
- any of rs To death On measuring him aftc
le wards he wuy something morc than fourtce
he feet Tong fttris sprriUs OF suIkr Is very ru
re and much thicker in proportion to his lcngt
'ut than any other snake in the forest A COT
ed acanara of fourteen feet in length il as thi,
IN as a common boa of twenty four. Aiter ski
ey ming this snake, ! could easily get my he'
h'S into his mouth, rs the singular formation {
2 a the jaws admits of wonderful extension.
IA On ascrrtaining The si@e Of Lha. serpent,
ne retired slowly the way | camo, hnd promis,
me four dollars to the negro who had shown
a. to mt, and onc- to the other 'vlu had john
IN us. Aware that the day yas on the doelh
nst and that the approach of night would be- d,
IRE rimcntal TO the dissection, thought stru,
he me that could take him alive. imagin
ny il | could strike him with the lance bchii
ieh the head, and pin him torthe ground, | mig
m succeed in capturing him. Whom | told Il
his to the negroes, they begged and cntrcatcd l
md to let them 80 for gun,aud bring more for
his as they were SURF tho snake would kill sor
i'm of us
lad had been in search ola large serpent (
nth years, and now having come up with one,
us, did not become me a. turn soft. So, taxi
rds n cutlass from one Of the negroes, and th
I'VE ranging tho tsn sable slaves behind mc / Ia
my them to follow me- and that | would cutthe
e down if they offered TO fly. | smiled as
ast said this4but tbey shook their heads in Silcn,
lie and seemed 10 have hut a bad heart of it.
as When We got up TO thc place, the serpent h
ne not stirred but l could see nothing of
md head, and Judged by the folds of the bo
uid that it must be at the hrthest side OF his d,
~ :. !.