The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-09

4 tookcQ at-Ine spot, ana Etnefe, CoI my
:astonishment.- saw = gigantic snake
as my body The animal was-coiledup
amongst my bedding, but had about
threefeet head and neck, Stretched out
and pointed at me-zits fofSed tongue
now and again shooting out some inch
.or two frenfits mouth.
The instant that saw the monster,
jumped upon my feet, 5and looked
around for weapon, but there was not
one at hand My gun had placed out
side; my large knife L had left with
-Plache, to enable him to- cut up, the
buck, and, in fact, Ewas unarmed. A
cold shudder came over me when /
realized the-state of 1ffairs- the door Of
the hut was only two feet high, and to
escape ,therefue; 1 lahisticrawl out, and
Ifelt certain that if L stopped down, the
snake wound instantly dart AZ me.
was not at all aware what power
these snakes might possess; had heard
that they could kill nearly full grown
calves, and could crush and swallows
hnck. add fherefore i beliexedh mon
ster like this would make short work of
me. / might fight and struggle, but .
unarmed, what could LIDO? -
,HoR Sang IsstnodB loDHhg Lat the
snake, / do not know, but it could not
have been many seconds, although the
time appeared minutes; suddenly /, re-
mein6eretf3 3 HAT 1mS sGaffei had, few
DAYS before, asked me to allow him to,
place his assegai in my hut, becauseth
night-dew caused the blade to rust when
the weapon nwas-exposed. Here, them.
was q hope for me, for knew that the
man had not taken away the assegai
with as,.a him. a.aLYIIa 0,,o. %, Y. ..,,,,. s
snake, lest the brute should dart st met
but giving a glance round the upper
blasfe protrudinS ffotf the j thatch and
nearly within reach of me. Something
seemed to tell me that the instant I
L 'Showever, raised nv hand Sand arm
very slowly towards the instruments
and at length, by bending over little,l
did %, the snake, %iich Aaa GRADUALLY
uncoiled during my movements, darted1
towards me. dumped aside, and pulled
out the broad -bladed dassegai, which had
been sharpehed TO the -keenness of
razor; but the snake moved like light
ming, and although he had missed me
in the first dart, he recovered himself
instantly and sprung &c me Oagain.
Before could make cut at him, his
teeth caught in my leather trowsers,
and he thus obtaineda a strong hold, and
with pull as sudden as his lunge, he
dragged my feet from under me and
brought me to the ground; a big fold Of
his body rolled over his head, and fell
upon my legs, which it weighed to the
ground as If a loaded wagon were on
them. fTG
He managed this in very short time;
but ] was not idle, for knew that if he
could once manage to press down my
chest, or my arms, he might kill me. :
Now, the feeling that first came upon.
me was certainly not a very pleasant
one, because / was without a weapon;
but as soon as grasped the assegaf I
knew that / was safe; consequently
when he really attacked me, felt as
though it were piece of impudence on
his part, for never expected the affair
would have been as dangerous to me as
it proved to be. These things take
some time to tell, but they do not take
long to happen, and a struggle for=life=
or death is frequently decided in half ..
minute. So it was with me. The in1a
stant the snakes body came over on
my legs, 1 twisted round, and sliced it
with my assegai. gave two terrible
gashes, and the monster, releasing, its
hold of my feathers, sprung at my face.
1 raised my arm instinctively to protect
myself, which saved me from being bit
ten; but was Knocked down flat, and
the brute was again on me; but this,
time caught him by the neck with my
left hand and in an instant had nearly
cnr-ara1 his had rxrffh tho occonrasr.
scrambled -awar from monster
(which was yrithing about in It's agony,
and aseaped iffpnf fthe but Then / be-
gan "a exannha iiow q had fared in the
tight. To my surprise Hound that a few
-deep- scratches near the ankle and a bite
near the wrist, neither of which was
of yerygreatimportance, were all the
wounds which II haaA sustained. For
some days afterwards, However, suf-
fered p great deal of spafn in my legs,
Where The snake had pressed me.
do pot think that should have es-
eeaped TO tell the tale if had not found
the assegai, as the boa, although unwil4.
ling to attack you in the open country.
Is p6ghscious enoagh when shntup with
you IN small hut only eight feet in di
We soonshauled the snake from the
hut, when my Hottentot arrived and
found it to measure twenty-eight feetin
length and nearly footin diameter in
the thickest part. Fhe Hottentot thought
it must be that which he had seen, as
its markings appeared the same. 1t was
evident that the floods had driven the
snake from les usual Establishment in the
reeds and. the animal finding a warm
Int, In which hlwere blankets and the re-
mains of q fire, had taken up its posi-
don without Nceremon6 and had been
probably much irritated at my sudden
INTRUSION upon (him.2 L never wish to
have such another battle, for although
should not be afraid of the result, still
the thoughts which come upon us after
wards are not pleasant Man has an
instructive horror of serpents, and when
1 dreamed, for many night-afterwards,
it was usually about n snake, or some
other horrid reptile. which had hold Of
me. = - - y sa
- A Clever Dog.
The following isFan instance of sa-
gscity-f indeed. empunting to reason
IN 9 dog: "A French poodle hat be-
lon9inx 70 Colonel Pearson (not the
lats1r beleaguored Colonel at Ekowe,
but Colonel Pearson living some years
aeo at LifchfieId- The circumstances
happened TO friend Of mine, Canon
-, Rector Of -. have the story
from his own lips, but / have no per-
mission for his name to be usediin any
publication. should the storybe thought
worthy ofit My friend the Canon, /
may say, zhaso Ono 7leSnines Being q
guest at luncheon vith the dogs master,