The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-16

'ltli-l-- Nr 80 tl-rl come across Without
their hurting us. and telling various sr0r-
les bearing CD Tie subject. when suddenly l
felt sharp pair OF claws seiZing ms foot
1 jumped up with an exclamation. expecting
Z ind a scorpion &c Ol.y O black beetle -
I must admit that never before or after
sass SD many Ferm.la ar oue time In a house
il was a Huu-e nut little raised from the
ground. ..-i tae rain had driven the crca-
turc, out 81 t.e.r holes.
As 10 shakes. ;hey HiI always get 0rt of
one way if they can. Every one can speak
Oi some narrow escape. and Vet it seldom
napi ems That aay one is bitten. Twice or
nearly The same spot. cia drive over
deadly snake. Il Was bear q coral wall %
Point Pedro. One sughe Has = cobra the
other "a tie polou-a. My vile one day open
Ell drawer. aad WAS going 10 put iu her
uald. "AeG she saw a yelon4ogs snake living
colleI lp iu a basket. She remained quiet
aui 81 patched ban with a stick some
year, previous when slili unmarried Size and
another yogug lady. scram1lng about tile
ROCKS at IrncOma.ee. 10 il picnic. found
hc.r feet wltliu tle coils Of a python. which
,ary Lad Inadvertently disturbed in his
sleep. Tie uarrowest escape ] ever had
81. a., al FONT Pedro. where placed my foot
ODD a cobra J-capella, and actually stood on
.m tar au Instant. willie / could hear him
beating tle ground with the rest Oi bis
boiy { suppose / must have tr0dlon %
bis neck 80 t.at be was unable tO bite. Il
was ia tbe evening and two men who hal
me q iew yards. CARRYING a table
which they were going 10 place iu the open
air. must have walked right over him. As
soon as | discovered what I was standing
1n. 1 sprang forward aud called out. d"
have trOdlen on "a suake!" 4 lght was
brought. hut nothing was 10 be seen except
the trail of snake on the ground. Al
ter the house had been closed for the night.
saw snake c0lci up near q door.
went for stick and dispatched him. Il
turned ont % De 4 cobra between four and
five feet long. Evidently he had taken re-
iuge ID the house after / had trOdden Oh
him. and lay quiet behind the door lie had
remained there without moving. while m1
wife and myself had been drinking some
lemonade al q table within a few feet OF
whore he lay. He had remained quiet and
when the servant shut the door
De musthAve been exposed 20 light
And there be still was when my eye fell Oh
him.
is a merciiul arrangement by which many
q hie is spared The rat-snake, a harmless
creature. v8ry like the cobra. but without a
hood il a very active snake, and moves
away with great rapidlty. \ house which
we used few months ago was much iniest-
ed by snakes. Standing on the verandah
one afternoon | saw a. cobra deliberately
move towards the house. OF course. al
what Sir Emerson TenIet saws about snakes
of this Kind being generally found i'm coup
les. ! was not surprised by the breathless
my little girl made on my
return home some days aiterward There
was fine banyan tree I'm front of The house
into winch the children used to climb and
egaie themselves m.th imaginary break
ia>ts sumptu0us currles Of all kinds. sam
pies OF delicious favor, aud other luxurious
dishes. really made of gravel served up in
CDIot-tut ~i-tu-- T. Appc--4-4 as tncl N-fs
reralng themselves ON ole 0f the gorgeous
lepasts. Fanny had spiel 4 cobra; on
which they scrambled down the tree and
alarmed Tie household, and the cook vail
anily broke q door bar over the cobra. and
then dragged him by the tail out ol a hole
into which he was creeping: after which he
A- Iti-' iA0al tt4E AlA tA a. NV GUMS
have Tor roasting and boiling cast into
the fire and burnt. His head, however, was
raked out Of The ashes hy the small fry. In
confederation OF their story. aud trinm-
phantly shown me.
used to be uuder the impression that il
timely measures were taken the effects OF a
snake bite could always be averted but the
following melancholy instance shows that
sometimes death en-ues almost immediate
Is. \ groom and his wife were sleeping
in the stable OF a friend OF mine. when a
cobra bit the woman in the head Prob
ably tie reptile had e0iled himself near her
for warmth and the woman bad i'm her
sleep. disturbed linn. Immediately. the man
carried her inte his masters house: but be-
fore she had been in the room five minutes
death ensued. cOroner's inQuest was
held next day. amt pOstmOrtem cXamina.
ton took place. Ny friend and were in
The same Office. and the facts were received
from his own lips; besides which, the dep
ositiOEs and evidence of the medical men
left 10 doubt that death did ensue with such
friEhtiul rapidity a 10 leave no time for try
ing remedies.
am skeptical rs TO the virtues Of the
snake-stOue. ! have seen snake-charmer-
bitten. and have seen the stone applied bu'
there was no evidence OF a satisfactory
nature that the poison OF that particular
snake had been extracted On tht
other hand. there are many whose opln
ion Is entitled to weight who believe in it:
efficacy.
One night q servant Of mine was bitter
by snake and seemed in great agony
The snake had escaped. 50 that 10 on,
could tell OF what kind il was. The medi
cal sub-assistant Of the station used IN,
lancet freely 10 the wound, and if l remem
Der right. cauterized Il. the pain subside,
after few hours. The snake. however
may not have been 4 very venOm0us one
I remember one evening. striking with m
shoe al c0c6crOach, and bringing it dow
within few inches OF q deadly snake
which | had not observed before Such in
cidentS almost everybody can tell Of l
proves as before remarked that a veu0mOu
snake is slow 10 use lis fdngs. and tina
very often We pass in Ignorance quite clos
/ 10 these animals Two gentlemen. in th
7 civil service Oi the island. We're out shoot
i ing together. \ herd of deer was seen
short Way off, and they commenced stals
ing them. One OF tie TWO. an OLD sports
man, wished 10 give bis friend the first shot
50 ne whispered 20 him 10 advance hrst
while be followed few PAGES In the real
Tie foremost OF the two. with eye intenli
fixed on the deer, advanced on tip-tOe. II
friend behind him. 10 his intense horrOI
saw him put down his foot exactly over on
Of The most deadly snakes in the island Z
it lay across bis path Il was TOO lac :
warn him; but pr0videntiallv. walking q
he did. on tip-toe, he trod so that the he,
did not press on the reptile: he passed or
and 50. unknown 10 himself. escaped deal
~ danger. \ friend Of mine was Will
clearing some jungle. bitten by a venomou
snake: whereupOn he himself cut our II
piece applied some gun-pOwder. set il @
ire. and allowed IL 70 IL away on II
wound He experienced DO permanent
effects. \ Sin-halese toddv-charmer ws
once bitten in the finger by 4 dead
snake: on which he laid the finger again
p tree. raised his sharp bul-hook- an
Nith one tl1w severed the finger from q
hand.
Tie lion and the Bengal tiger are III
known in Ceyl0n; but We have the cheetal
OF more properly. the leopard-anoth-
Cd triae 10 b. found there. These an
malt are very destructive 20 cattle. and a.
much dreaded on that account. bat IL
seldom that they attack man. There
COW and then an instance Of q leopard ca