, 1873-01-28

was rather large one), had burst open the si3as
Of his mouth tor neatly half 81 inch at eithsr
side. 'Mr- Parks, his owner, says that when ona
OF these animals is hungry it will attempt t.
swallow almost any anin.l which it eaa XII, ii.
though. no matter how hungry it may be, It wjI1
never :e2t food killed By any ous ei.a
The second rabbit Was wild aud lively one mi
nl.de EeTeral tours Of inspection around the ea--
pent before he would condascead to notes i
Encouraged by indulgence tha foolhaEdy iono.
cont as 1eagth yeutared on close inspection of
tho constructors head, and met the fata Of ii,
predecessor. As he endeavored in his gentla
why to lick the serpent's face the 5orirs
tongue was darted out at him, but tbs ronb;f
made jump and escaped, Only to be ca7-
tured the next moment, his enemy
catching him BY the hind leg, and e1tw;a:r:,
himself around him in de.dly cola. For flll27
five minutes both snake :nd rabbit lay mos1on.
less, but at 1ongth the former relaxed his coils
slightly designing to bring the head Of his ric-
tim nearer to his mouth The rabbit m.de Ola
desperate effort for freedom, but as tho snasa
still held his hind leg in a grip Of iron it wss
useless, and in moment he WAS again uni>.-
goin5 the pressure OF the serpeat's coils. A::e7
a long time this rabbit WIS also 6:ss'towal and
although two othass wore offered him, the sss-
pont would eat no moEe--
The two rabbits form his food for tr7o voess.
sometimes lie eats four or five at meal, bus
probably the splitting Of his mouth yesse1la7
spoiled his appetite. The story told BY natural.
lists that tho boa constructor having killed Ii,
victim Eealimes him with saliva and then syal
lows him ia disproved by the habits Of this
animal, as well as by tie experience OF III.
Parks, his owner, an old anu ex per3auced sr:ha
tanner. All the saliva used is that generated Lv
the CONTACT Of the food with the roof OF tie
mouth THIS Mr. Parks says is also the case
with anacondas.
Two Of ar. BsrEh's officers were present yes.
terday, but made no effort to stop the exLibi-
tiou, although at ita close they recommended
that in future the serpent be fed in private, o.
the ground that public exhibitions OF this kind
have 4 denoralizing effect upon the wi-nesse.,
and cause the snake, in his surprise at b=ice
viewed by go many people, 70 neod!easlJ pcaloa,
the agony Of his viotinla-
Some years ago thoro was boa constructor IN
this city 19115 foot long, and over feet in ci,~
carnferonce At the largest point. He usei to
take small hog and half . dozcn rabbits At =
meal. He wes valued at g, 000-
Mr, Parks tells story Of fight between Al
anaconda and boa constructor which laa:el
tueut--four hours 4ad resulted in tho de.:a Of
the former.
Another Of his yarns is Of IN adventure Of l.
r. Bruce III. Van Amburgh's meaa<erie. 0aa
Journey it. happened thar all Of the Is 90 daakes
had TO bo put in one c-Se. Que day Bsuce went
in to feed d snake with rabbit, when another
an immense anaconda, made a 1p1lng Tor the
rabbit, and missing it, axed hlR fsass in B:aces
thumb. Before assistance arrived hn had co!lai
himself around B~uce's body, and the efforts ct
three s!roog men were required to rnIsa hin re-
lax his too affactiouate embrace.