Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-05-09
SWINE AND sE1PEsrs.


| - SWINE And sEHFENTs.
l. The writer ofsss sssOviss szsses. aa
hsgihA spDslanaa. saatss shat b waseu
two ocsssioas Z wissss - pigs tsiag :.
verely bitten by e0bras visho1t beins u
the slightest degree zaecsed
The irst tine witnessed the oct ~,
in Ceyloo in l6s6---I-xaa safaxaias- -ona
morning from snips shooting with Z toler-
se1yS SAif BAG OF bipag uAsS ~ ssesns;ou
was arresspd By . dosea. asni-wild. ,pie.
belonging 20 uy friend, most pcssevcring-
~ engaged IL eudeavoring, a. turn, ever
with their snOots the half rotten stem. of .
palmyra palm. and curiosity to see IL they
would succeed IN their eudeavoss-for I
had meyer seen pigs work % unanimously '
in concert before-caused me to stop and
watch them. After two or three failurrs
they gsined their point. turning the tree
half way round. when whole family Of
cobras. large and small. glided from an
der it. After them the Tpigs -seampered
hrlter-skelter. showing as much ac,ivity.
al'aongh only half wild. as Bengal bosr
A very large cobra. fully sve fec. in
length. Was seized BY balf-erown SOW
within twelve feet of mo. and white she
was crunehing up the horrible, wr,thing
bonne-bouche. which had been seized about
the middle Of the body. distinctly saw
the reptile bite the SOW twioe on the suous !.
without the animal apparently caring the
least about it /; the pleasure Of consuming
the luscious tit-bit entirely compensated
for any annoy ance OF pain that the pig
might hare felt at the time / saw the
SOW mentioned some days afterwards, not
the least affected BY the bite al. .ahs-e cobra.
The second instance was on . small is
land. yclepted Pulobbin. situated in the
narrow channel Of the sea between Singa-
pore and the mainland. I had gone over
to Pulobbin to endeavor to shoot 4 man
eating tiger which was creating greg. hav-
90 among . few wretched Chinese couvic.s
stationed on the Island to split granite
and ship it to Singapore for building pur-
poses. In this instance. had been out
all the morning in an unsuccessful search
for the man-eater, and. on my return. feel
ing rather done up. I stretched myself at
full length in the raised portico Of the
shooting-hut and was enjoying my pipe.
when I noticed large black cobra slowly
gliding along the top of the bank, within
twenty feet Of me- ~, -
In the side Of the bank were several
holes. having much the appearance of the
nests Of our English sand-martin, and
they had evidently at some previous time
been the nests Of either king-6shcrs or
some of the fy-catchcr family. The CO.
bra. having approached the very brink of
the cutting. suspended his head and about
two feet Of his body over it. and commen-
ced . diligent search in these holes for
rats. birds. or any small prey which might
be concealed within them. Suddenly .
loud squeak from one Of their occupants
showed that the unwelcomc intruder had
been successful in its search and on The
snake Withdrawing its head from the aban-
doned birds nest. large frog leapel Wig
orously out. but on reaching the ground
seemed 10 be pcrfsctly paralyscd with the
venom Of the bite. and in less than min
ute died. -fi sHT ~ a-. ea ST.
The snake seemed TO b fully ,a.are Of
the deadly effects Of in own bite. ss Il
never attempted to fsilovits victim. though
is closely watched Il from the bank, its
head being thrust shout two inches orer
the bank. its eyes fixed on the frog. while
the forked tonsne was thrsst in and out
Of its mouth. showing the. stats of excite
ment that the reptile Was in ut the con-
temptation Of the feed before il. s--
Little. however, did the reptile -antici-
pate what vac in store for il for while
gloating over his wretehed victim, fne
half-grown pig. belonging to one of the
Chinese ticket-of-leave men. saw him and
rushed At him. Tho snake was complete.
ly taken By sarprise. its head for . mo-
mcnt being about four inches below the
surface Of the bank. TINS preventing him
seeing the enemy approaching from be-
hind. s--s Fl s'sef sr- r-1..rr = -. n
The pig, without moment's hesisasion,
seized the snake near the tail. and COM
mencsd ehumpias him mp - . savaes
would . string Of mscaroni. Again and
sgain thereps,le bit him With great violenes.
~ 90 on the suont. sones On the sai. and
once on the forssleg. = The pig did not
seem to carr in tie least ahout d. not stop
ping one moment until il had devoared
the hideoasrepsilc. = Il went OF grunsing
its satisfaction at the unexpected and lax-
arious repass which fsts had threwn in in
way. I saw the pig some days .herward.
and il certainly did not then evince signs
Of speedy dissolution. Ga another occas-
ion l saw pig giving chase to . make.
which only made good is escape By reach
ing the branehes 81 small euava tree.
An intimate friend Of mine onae inform
ed me tha. be saw . whole family Of 6f.
teen cobras deyoured BY q couple Of pigs
when he was taking OF the roof Of Q bun
gslow d Munglsdye. md al,hcagh the
pigs vere bitten in a least half q dozen
Places il did not have ths least sfEses spon
them.
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