Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-09-20

! lne meek, and pinned MIN 10 the ground
| That moment the negro next to me seized
! the lance and held it firm in lis place, while
| dashed head foremost into the den TO grap-
pie with the snake and TO get hold of his
tail before he could do any mischief
| On pinning him TO the ground with the
lance he gave tremendous loud hiss, and
the little dog ran away, bowling as he went.
| We had sharp fray in the den, the rotten
sticks flying on all sides, and each party
! struggling for superiority. | called out TO
! the second negro 10 throw himself upon me,
| as found was not heavy enough He did so,
and the additional weight was of great SER
vice. had now got firm hold of his tail
and after violent struggle or two, he gave
in, finding himself overpowered. This was
the moment 20 secure him. So while the
first negro continued to hold The lance firm
TO The ground, and the other was helping
me, coutrved TO unloose my braces, and
with them tied The snakes mouth.
The snake now finding himself in an un-
pleasant situation, tried to better himself,
and set resolutely 10 work but we over
powed him. We con,rivcd TO make him
twist himself round the shaft of the lance,
and then prepared to convey him out of The
forest. stood al his head, and held it firm
under my arm, one negro supporting the
belly and the other the tail. In this order
we began to move slowly towards home,
and reaching il after resting ten times for
the snake was too heavy for us 10 support
without stopping 10 recruit our strength. As
we proceeded onwards with him, he fought
hard for freedom, but it was all in vain.-
We united the mouth of The bag, kept him
down by main force, and then cut his
throat.
The week following, a curious conflict
took place near the spot where had captur-
ed the larged snake. In the morning had
been following a species of paroquet, and
the day being rainy, had taken an um-
brella to keep the gun dry, and had left it
under lree in the afternoon took Daddy
Quashi (lhe negro) with me 10 look for it,
| Whist he was searching about curiosity
took me towards the place Of the late scene
of action There was a path where timber
had formerly been dragged along. Here
observed yonng coulacanara ten feet long
slowly moving onwards and saw he was
thick enough 10 break my arm in case he
got twisted around it. There was not a mo-
nenl to be lost. | laid hold of his tail with
the left hand one knee being on the ground,
and with the right hand took off my hat,
and held il as would bold shield for de-
fence.
The snake instantly turned, and came on
at me with his head about yard from the
ground, as if to ask me what business | had
TO such liberties with his tail. | let him
Kissing and open-moulhed, within two feet
Of my face, and. then, with all the force
| that was master of, drove my fist, shielded
/ by my hat, full in his Jaws. lie was stun
ned and contounded by the blow, and ere
he could recover himseIf had seized his
throat with both hands, in such position
that he could not bite me. then allowed
him to coil himself around my body, and
marched off with him as my lawful PRICE
He pIessed me hard, but not aIarmingly
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