The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-07-06

% kert The launch in motion A DOZEN
tines orer ne fesf their teeth taking
hold Of the iron screw and slipping OF,
sad il seemed Is II men in az open boat
Eould have stood no show whateTer
s-aiasf he mgnsters-
Aeht also brought out q thousand
sounds ffem tie pfimeval forest around
us Prog. birds. and beetles raised
frehtful medley. and there were mo
ue1ls when all our conversation had 10
b. slsrendei. We were now high
eu1ugh ip To b. among the jaguars and
lizcE pautLers. and tie screams Of these
a-F-ge beasts reached our ears before we
tarued 10 = sleep. Indeed, as we sat
smoking in the cabin after supper. we
board ana fdii a. animal q the cat tribe
spring ab1afd aud Walk back aad forth
oEer orr heads. A. W.. were entirely
shlt iu there Eas DO danger 20 be feared
Tie engineer yei had plenty Of steam,
all aacn be Was communicated with he
blew such : blast on the whistle as
startled cur visitor cut Of bis wits and
br11ght De- graveyard stiffness for the
neEf half boar.
Neu morning. while the Professor
ana Bis assistants landed 70 scour the
Hogas about znd secure specimens. ] gave
tle crocodile al ny attention. had
zu LlEiish muzzie-lo4ding rife Of large
'ailIlre and shot eve Of the reptiles in
tie creek behind the boat 4 bullet be-
hiul the fore leg Or IN the eye reached
they life - once While The report Of the
rife alarmed tie birds and auinals Of the
forrest the eracoaIles pad little attention
70 b. just above WAS y long. sandy
hea1h aad by eight O'Clock in the mora
iEs fhis beach vas 8 sight 20
Ser We hal a full nile Of il under
or eEes. aud the number Of crocodiles
rl.eh bad craw'ed up on The sands could
1lt base teen short Of 500 They were
& al sizes. from The little chap no long
r. than your arm 20 the Old settler,
a-uDssile # which 8 twenty foot pole
o9all have bae1 laid / walked up 20
a. thick II them and began blazing
away. Those reptiles within a space Of
fary flei buried ito the water al the
report, bat il Was Only 70 land again
l1eFt and below. and Il was fully three
heurs before the game became so shy
-llsi Temporarily abandoned the sport
Tie mornings result was 10 orocodiies.
al ~ which were veterans Of the largest
size. During ihe two days we remained
Ia ilIs spot killed 2e5 Of the reptiles,
anl forty more were slain by other mem
len # The party.
-Four Or five days later, while twenty
Use miles further up the river, we saw q
curious aud astounding sight We were
ned up 70 the left bank. and had just
fn sled dinner. when . ere vas discov-
erad ihe forest on the opposite shore.
Tie f4mcs were two or three miles back
fElm the Wafer. but hardly had we OBJ
served the great smoke before various
Nlll animals began making the crossing.
We could see Up and down the Orinoco
faT q distance Of two miles either way.
and 10 ten minutes after we saw the
nre he water for all this distance seemed
llslied 10 foam Wild cattle, deer,
fapirs and jaguarz came swimming 10 our
side Tor life. The crocoailes for a
.oug distance up and down the stream
got the call 10 come % a rare feast.
and be ieFe that q full thousand Of
them Eefe IN sight from the launch. The
stream here was over half a mile wide,
with q current Of about three miles an
hoar Is bar wiih their fear Of the flames
behind them and the fierce crocodi.es
around them, the feeiug inhabitants Of
the forest were IN great terror. IL did
H8f for 3 tine occur 20 Us that we were
10 any danger. BIZ suddenly we observed
s huge serrelf hezdins straight ior the
lauaeh, aud some shouted forsll.sa.sa q
coser- The snake. -sanessee and mov-
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