Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-01
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a friend Of mine in ~.
military service. who w.
one day invited friend i !, 0a
him. The cook house : u''as
cook houses are in India n
yards from the house. IT, NV
rived and they talked. x 4, ~
came. but no request d ~ S'n's
ner. Half an hour passsa ps
friend said: Well. | wOsa. "
the matter with the beastly 81
quite late They talked q sa =.
hour had passed Then N, ~ wy
Well, we'll just go out soa a Y
what do you think they ~,
above the door. with his h.,
ing from side to side throush ! Y
som and seesawing back and ~
a gigantic cobra. The co, -. :.
were very much afraid and ,s.,,
venture out. of course NJ
raised shotgun and killed !.
sonous cobra, though it was han
house. They thought themssl, II. I
though, as may be supposed
Nobody ever RECEIVERS from
the kaireit, and it is rare ths, =.
ever gets over the bite Of ths ~
doctor 10 the army there bad T.
he had half tanned as mopsl,s.
riosity. He was exhibiting / Y
to some friends when it Bit hin
finger. He was an expert and II
edies W re right at hand. n t.
ly applied them and got over i I.
he had had to walk up staiu ~
would have been dead ma,
you, he was a doctor.
One of my editorial associate. I.
Pioneer. who belonged to the H.,
lists Club in Allahabad n.
brought in a kaireit in a bonl,
was exhibiting it to the memhs,.
is dead" said he, and he tb0aa
was. for it was all broken to Il
All at once the head began to NJ,
and bounce around. 1t could biz
just as good as it could before
may guess there was a seams,
That is peculiarly Of these M
When you think they are dead
are not. That is another res,a
they are so much dreaded.
The cobra OF which have suosr,
as you may have read, famous H,
ability to charm whatever It conn
contact with, but | never dreane1
the powers of the cobra until ysa
India. 1t raises itself about oneS,
Of its length from the ground \
distending its great hood. waves h,
back and forth. Its hood whom 4,
looks as if the snake was cut lspa|
wise in the breast. a little like an i,
coat. A side view of it gives mail
appearance of the shape Of an invss|
pair of spectacles. 1t waves nd
backward and forward. breathing n
blowing in a mysterious way, and \
sight is so awful you can't take vi
eyes off it. Its little eyes CLEAN d
, two balls of fire, and when It snA.
there is nothing but a blur, it goes
fast.
The cobra in India is the serpsatI
romance. Despite the fact thmn
deadly, the natives hesitate TO xiii
There are few places where this ai
will naturally live that haven't !
, cobras, the natives are so superstidp
about them. They vary in length ii
, four to eight feet. The king cobra
called, is nothing but big cob
, The famous snake charmers Of Id
, of whom ! have seen many, exercs
curious art with them. They area
to put them to sleep with the VI
, music of their bagpipes. The 90
a when about to spring. looks like
, devil incarnate.
, A strange thing in India d !
every thing in the way OF serp'l
scorpion, tarantula or wild AMIN
the color of the background
matches the soil where it is TO
:. You see a royal Benga! tiger In Al
lea or England and you can tell III
= off, but you see it there and some
- its stripes do not stand out aa
|, springs upon you unawares'
- The snakes of India are IN Be
and down south in Madras
are the home of the snakes ~
west India is not very snaRey
some places there are so many v
that it is simply hell on
9 There are many other snakes Una
o kinds have told you OF, and nh
n them are poisonous, but these al
u worst. There are also centlpea'
> inches long, and poisonous llaara
drop their tails off and go rig
thinking thus to delude you WnV
have seen them first and get tnt
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