Sharp County record., 1888-11-01
SNAKE AND STAG
tbe Most singular of Mr. barra'
O1s ~ Adventures in india

II, -. - tbe Most Singular OF hl'
1lg o. ~" II" Adventures in india
prea NJ Rarras, in one OF his tiger-shoot
COaA ~ axneditions in India, had a Slngu-
yeas ,ar r adyenture with a serpent wnlcH
some Of his men found in the aot ~ ~
il who swallowing stag, The front parI u
vdao the septile was tremendously alI!enu 5!S,n :
lom ~ . that it looked exactly like
~, II barrel with long tall. On
you NJ % J nearer inspection its head cOulu 10 s
dian, s.sn : ~, projecting from the thick emu
r lp1. Nth 18th tbe hind feet Of the deer Sucking
'es II W. -, of ope corner of Its mouth
troll w W. could not shoot the monster
tor fear of disturbing the tlger
VI , - wh3ch we were in pursuit we
aEa. 1 ~ tbsrefore, ~ commanded one OF the ma
ba' % ,;res "a 90 and cut off its head But
aS ane of them seemed inclined to obey
i'm. IN @ The moro we reiterated our orders
A tbe moro seriously they waggeo tnelr
J.. t,,rhaned heads, and the more they
ur'el sas,oed s. Glued to their respective ele-
'rosD sphants' c.oo noisod his
- At laSt the VeUol e'ii wv -
'ug@ 81 voice, and thus expressed the sense -
- ~ the company: ,
sOnv lords, am indeed the slave
hea If vour highnessess, and were the
Ol N creature before us only a tiger pear,
signiia or indeed any four-fOoted BEAST
rises would at once advance to the combat;
shOul hit tbis is an awful brute, and the
most baleful of all the inhabitants OF
sllbI the jungle. If any one goes wlthln
red b. reach of his tail, he will be killed 10
e tad certainty."
, bc IN short, our native assistants meant
small to Keep clear of the huge reptlle,
,liedTl which they probably mistook for god
inatg or a devil, on no account to be inter-
fered with, SO, as my friend assured
rsi,,. me that these snakes were not danger
tle G5 GUS i descended from my elephant
taTs and proceeded against 1t with a heavy
verat hunting-knife'
boot- Iconfess to some misgivings whether
,o,r, his on the natives estimate OF the
beasts character might prove correct
b., What more likely than that it should
: ~ tbe able 90 throw a fold of its body
~ ~ round any one approaching within
~ 1 raupep for behind the inflated portion
,a containing the deer there must have
r' .r 4, been about thirteen feet of the serpent
,r,e. in its normal state
l.a i~' However, | advanced, knife in hand,
:. Y'PIT N on line leading straight to the head
Of the reptile and watched narrowly
for ann sign of its moving; but it re-
agIa- mained motionless as | stood over it
mV and looked upon its weird coun-
i. le re-, ~ tenance, capable of but one fixed ex-
pression
incl All its life seemed concentrated in
sntl the bright yellow eyes that returned
lncl my gaze with a glittering stare. l
'e in raised the knife, and brought it down
with all my might on its neck, think
nOths ing. to cut its head off. But the bones
his were solid and nothing but a
e fOr horrible cash was the result. Even
"lhI at this not muscle stirred, and
but the eyes glittered and looked piercing
got patch him by severing the spine just
}, behind the great enlargement caused
,o, by the body of the stag But the snake
I'VE instantly hished out so vigorously that
8, Only I thought it prudent to return to the
re head, and with a few more blows |
killed it. Its length was just seven
teen feet,
The stag on being taken out looked
as If IL had been neatly trussed for the
table. 1t was about the size of an or
apu dinary sheep, and its head, neck and
Is limbs were packed into sort of
morn square, but none of the bones were
Vha broken, nor were there any signs of ex
terral damage. The poor thing was
nedl' quite dead, and we abandoned the two
1--WE bodies to the vultures and jackals,
.