Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-02-14
TERRIFIC ADVENTURE WTr3T A
SERPENT IN BRITISH INDIA.

= SERPENT IN BRITISH INDIA.
Captain c.. Of her Majesty's 87th Foot,
was one Of the most interchangeable sports
,7mo1-I ercr met WITH and the whole Of
NaiS time chat could be spared from regi-
tneutGl duties was passed in the junges.
He Wao man Of vast personal strength !;
could ENdergo any degree of fatigue
in short, possessed Il perfectly iron con
OIiIutiOn. His habits. TOO. were anything
but luxurious-a single attcndcnt carry
ing a rife Of large bore. a small carpet To
sleep on. a limited stock Of linen, a good
supply of ammunition. accompanied with
the sportsman, who pursued his game by
day, and at night sought shelter in some
village, perfectly careless as to his ac-
eommodations in the way offood or lodg
ing. his beverage moreover, being the sim
pie element, for he never carried with
him supplies of any kind, trusting his
eommissariat aid to Providence and rural
hospitality. In this manner Captain c.
became we'll known to the natives of the
country in every direction where sport
VS. to be cbtaned he was sufficiently
acquainted with their language to make
himself und. r>LOod and The kindly sim
pliciLy of his mannrr attached them to his
person, and many Of them, indeed, have,
been known to walk miles to give him in
formation Of large game, which was hl~
fNvUrite object Of pursuit. Captain c..
WAS thus quite q at home" in the Wynaud
jungle and great western gauntS. where
no probably brought to bag single handed
snOre large elephants. tigers. bi-
sons and the likc--than any other man
over did before, or ever will again. in In
diA. Upon one Of these excursions. Cap
tain G. happened to be passing the night
in a small village in the WynAud jungle,
when 4 ryot whu had been out very late
HOArching for II stray bullock. came to tell
him Of large chectul. or spotted deer,
which he had watched to its lair. lie
had heard also from the villagers that a
huge snake had been seen several times
in The neighburhood. He started accord
ingly after his game at day break. accom-
panied by the viIlHIer and iavorlc dog,
which rarely left his heel unless when
ordered After proceeding about Il mile
through very dense Jungle, and being,
as the vllAyer supposed, near the spot
wher. the cmuelul had lain down, Captain
c. suddenly missed his dog, and hearing
rustlng in the bushes about ten yards
off accompanied by whimpcrin5 noise,
he turned in th4u Direction and saw what
he at first -lancc. took tnr Il tiger, from
it's color, mixture uf black and brown,
but soon discovered what the monster re-
ally was, nm enormous bhucOnstrictor,
which had SEIZED Ei| poor Juno. aud was
vt the moment cru~' ing her to altomS i'll
its terrible coils. The native who WAS
with him SAW what it was also and immc
dAtcly 6cd. Captain G. afterwards de-
scrhcd the appearance of The reptile,
when thus quOilcd around his dog, as
something resembling barrel aud every
portion in violent muscular motion, and
he distinctly heard the bones Of his poor
animal crack in succession within its ter
rible embrace. Al last the monster raiScG
his head and fixed two gHring eyes OF
Captain c., who, in another moment
might perchancr have been facinnled BY
their deadly glcam, but with uuerrin.
aim, he placed two balls in its forehead
The effect WAS not, however, as he expect
cd, fatal. and the snake Immediately un
coIed itself from its victim, and cam,
straight at Captain C., who of course tool
to flight but SO thick was the jungle
that he found the animal gaining on him
es. and therefore sought shelter in Il tree
ro-loading his gun with all possible ex
pidiIIon. Whether the reptile foIowc,
him by sight or smell Captain c. coul,
no judge. but he was only just prepare,
for discharge when the boa rctchrd tn,
tree. and instantly twisting itself aruunt
she stem. would soon have seized INN
but fortunately at the mex, shot he blew
out both his eyes with churge Of shot
yet. though the snake appeared for a mo
ment stunned, it still continued its effort
'to reach him, until by repeated shots i
WAS lncaPacitAted from rising; not, how
ever, until Captain C. had completely EN-
tied his powlcr flask; and he even thel
did not attempt to descend. as the rentiI
continued cuiIed round the tree. shown,
occasionally by muscular movemen
that its vISal powers were not vet wholl
extinct. AT length, after some hours
solitary confinement on his perch. AM
shouting for aid, Captain c. had the sa,
:lStactIon OF seeing number Of villayer
arrive, by whom the monstrous amin
was soon compile ely destroyed. Captai
Z. had no means of accurately measurip
its length but by stick which the native
said was cubit long, aud he declare
that 1t measured upwards Of thirty r
these, and was much thicker than one =
.his own thighs. The head Of the boa w.
cut off by his orders. and sent to til
Hon. Mr.. Cole. .tthen president ofMvsor'
and its euormousijaws still may possibl
'be in existence atthe Mysore presidenc,