The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-23
LAND AND WATER SNAKES.
TIE MOST RECENT or THE STORIES
rom or THE REPTILES.
a Iivins Fish Line Mnine's Monster serpent
A Judges story a lieht with Florida
snnke-A Chicken snake md an Owl

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uring. likon giants leather booace sc to sonk.
Let us tra'e it IN it's various folds and twists.
and di-entanslD some oi them. We shall then
have in hand tough. slippery India rubber
like substance which mi. ,lt we'll be- pronounced
sea string and clas-rd with IN" long trailing
wc,d4 among viii N W. had f'uni H. s"a
string II H. but not n weed; in Tact. Il living
lasso. capable ~ consuming tho prey II en-
closes within ts trra 'h 'rnv- FOL Is. From twenty
10 thirty feet IL no IN common l"nGh far tina
srtful. o-inHtnl l-N uI liu" To- r'a ~. bat It's
diameter rarely GOODS Hn cighth of m n,h.
Tins amouth. how Yer. "Hpa'l"oi considerable
hstcntion and ho.d.us power. Mhat can np-
poar more innocent Than thIs doli'Wtc looking
wa,cr swclls 1ni w. ~ Ne roints ~
Let an unwury tuIt dW"U,r lu"d into fuir
torutity. stretch forth its tonta lee 30 meN the
Welcome wa,,. nni ppiut.d head If ndronly
Insinuatcd. Tin n.luth II 'Dts liz tenacious
grasp on the yioldius TISSUES. and the tenant VI
he tub becomes i,0l 'or the Nnn0los BorlisD.
for such IS the name oi this cori-lik" ir'e-
Mr. Emssbury appears to- hayc more Chan
ordinary interest ia the habits " this strange
ssrrcatygrc, Sneakins of it. he inquire; Is It
moro velvet striug a'ross the hand. Ark the
neighhorlng annrlid's. und the fry Of the rock
lies inniioulr-s trailing itsrlf among the .rnvcl
You cannot tell whore It hoans or ends. 1t
ingSso ~ or fios,f1 di'o, ,r cy~n rarrrd string
No thinks tho til" fish who phys oyer il. TN he
touches at lust Whit II loo surely u head. In an
pncd t. It4 side; m another instant. from one
liz. u 'OucuvedOuhio prnho-'i-. lu-i like at1plr~
,nuothcr instance ~ tie r'p.titl OF inrnei hl-
ruspnl him like NuYr And now b gins THO
struggle. hut In vain " i- brn. played with
,uri n.hn: roi 0s thc -k,lof Wilson or n
btudinri never could inv 'ni; H living lin" WI
elasticity beyond thni pl tuU most irlicate iy-
rods. which iu,l every lung". shortening
and iHn-th"r ine. Shipping and twisting rpuui
nyrr} piG-c NJ Et"y"i ami stem ~, S'4we'd wan
siiring irag. such IT, mo Highland wrist or
irnnt The vi'iiu t. f1rci now. nnl Slowly vet
b. IA D..
shifting along his $ .le u lic reaches one end
81 MIN and then ia" bin' ips expand ana
packing him end FOREMOST down INTO the Gull"t.
wh"rr be- INKS iurh 10y inrh til N" swelling
and ne j. proluhly mac"rutrl into pulp long
p'iore hr has r"n.hnd thr Opposite extremity.
Again into a kno'i.l hour and lies Ike II boa
Elih a stag inside him. m0tionl 'ss ana hlcs'.'
f,o. p, iuu hii ..,.rt
W. ar, informed rs MIR Long Of Brcvard
county. Flu that whNr driving his uN team
neHr Fort Drum. in thut county. his oxen -hcd
AMI ram out Of tl" ron'. sr"tus som thing
raise il head and % movement in tho gri.s MIR.
Long. alter stopiln. his t'uin. went back $50"
heurd % great rustling amt rafting. winch con-
rir"d him that IL Wus r.ii shake. hut lie
hi.h grues. uu'u 10 throw l-ri into u coil and
stood nrrtN high ~ hiriS 'i lie wa, almost
dumoioundrdu 40 seeing such an onsterani has
lilly r"trcHt'l. hut soon Summoring w cur
age. b" advanced near enough To ice within
roach 81 ih" rIiil" win H. l9nS ,cnw
This weapon he opSnoJ ~ conflict. which lasted
nearly fifteen minutes. Mr.. Long krrl ing out OF
s,rte i, w',h h li'N cow VIII. witch was about
oightc"n ioot NJ. Finally Mr.; Long began e.
as from the nusk emitted from the snake and.
pu'tin- IN iwo or tire rapid s.rokos WIZ hi5
before he reached il. [ pon coming - his senses
again. he found that he had kili.d IL. inake.
but by his cow whip which was eighteen feet
long. and tilesl IL" lacked about TWO and q hhll