The semi-weekly miner., 1882-08-02

:Otd you ever carry any reolly
dangeroW animals on your ship, Cap.
tain John?' aid I.
"Weil," sajd be, ''once. when I
was In Para, I bought asnakc, boa
CONSTRUCTOR, seventeen 1eet long.
got him Of four Indians, who caught
him some twenty-five or thirty
miles up the river. They brought
him into town In . strong covered
crate, or basket, which they carried
on two poles. When I bought him /
had him carried into my Old con-
signee's yard, and I rot stout pack.
inx.box. and had it I'll dou6le-nsiIed,
a1d holes bored In the side to give
him air. Then the Indians put the
snake In the box, and we nailed him
up tight, leaving him IN snug cor.
ner Tor the night"
1.-THE next morning, Invent around
early to the market to buy something
for my snake TO eat. I g0t couple OF
little animals, something like our rab-
bits, and / carried them around to
my cOnsignee's house. I found the
old ge0tleman hadn't turned out Of
his hammock yet; but he sOOn got up
and went with me into the yard.
When We got there, We eaw the peck.
ing.b0x all burst open, the boards IT,
ing around loose and no snake to be
seen. We lsA,ketl about, hut could
see nothing Of him. ! was amazed
enough, TO he sure, aud the old gem
tleman felt quite uneasy at the
thought Of such creature wandering
about his place.
"We won't look for him, he said.
Those Indians are still in town, aud
We will send tor them
1.-THE indians came, and they soon
found him. You can't imagine where
he had hidden himself. There was y
pile Of earthen drain-p pipes In tue cor.
ncr Of the yard. behind some bushes,
and he had crawle.i ito one Of these
short pipes. He had propalDly seen.
thr0ugh the holes In bis h0x, some Of
my old cOnslgnce's chickens, and.
being made perfectly ravemOus by the
sight, had broken out. Then. hav-
ing made meal OF one or two Of
then, he had crawletl into tue pipes.
1.-THE Indians were no long Ia cap
turing him. Fortunately. his head
stuck out II one Of the pipes near the
ground; aud one OF the Indians, tax.
ing long polc with . fork ut the
end, climbed on . high fence near by,
and soon pinned Mr.. snakes heal 10
the ground, leaning on the pole with
all his weight. THEN the other Indi-
ans straislItcnel out the draim.pipes
iu which he was. and began to draw
them oil him, pulling them down to
ward his tail, and iirst expo.ing the
portion OF his l'osly nssre<t hi. head.
Then they took long, strOng rs'le,
and, with bands Of the tough grass
which grows In that country, tied his
Indy to the pole clt'se tn his head.
Then they lsDund him again aln'ut IL
inches further down. slowly draw.
ing down the pipes, they tied him
again IN tn pole, a,n'ut Il inches l'e-
lNw. aud ~ on until bis whole length
wax fastened firmly tO the pole.
Thus lie was held secure until the
h,x was nailed up again, anu had
seDt for . blacksmith t. put iron
hands around 1t. 50 that It should l'e
str'l,g enough to bold any snake.
Then the CREATURES tail WA l<n~ene<l
and put thrs'ugh hole In tlI. top "!
the l,Ox. Then another l'anl WAS
cut and the make pushed farther In.
Then. one after ana,tl,er, every hand
was cut, and the snake pushed grad
mally into the iOx, until his head ht'-
ing lNnenc,l and clapprd In, he'ari
was fastened over the hole. and ii"
was snug and tight and ready far his
voyage"
"Di.l you have any trouble with
him when You were taking him to
the NOrtl,:" I asked.
but just then the s''pl.r-hcll rang.
and the captain ars~c I" his feet. II
was Uf no ,is.. to expect Captain John
to 20 on with Il story when supper
was rcady.-From Tic ".My*fsrio"s
Barrcl," hy I"M Fsrf, i" ~. NiehO-
hvs. for .4MDMxf.