The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-05-19
THE TERRIBLE COBRA.
midas venomous Serpent That Is s.
Dreaded by the Natives.

midas venomous Serpent That Is Sc
Dreaded by the Natives.
1t was a hot Sunday morning in India,
without cloud in the brazen skies, says
writer in the Christian Intelligencer.
We had just come home from early
morning services and had taken our
seats at the breakfast table. At the
open door of our dining-room our Telu-
gu school-teacher appeared, saying:
''Sir, big cobra has just been chasing
frog through the whole length of our
front veranda. He struck at it again
and again as it sprang past the open
doors of your sitting-room, but the frog,
uttering piercing shrieks (as frog can
when pursued by a serpent) sprang
each time quick enough to elude its
jaws, and together they rushed off the
end of the veranda and the frog sprang
under q box that is standing there, too
near down upon the hard floor for the
big cobra to get under, and SO escaped"
''Well," said l, where is the cobra
now?" 'That is just what l don't
know said he, ''for while l was look
ing to see what had become of the frog
how he had got away-thc cobra dis
appeared among the hower-pots, and l
cannot see where he has gone" sic
must have hole there close by the
veranda somewhere" said 1. 'Will
you please go and watch until 1 come,
and see if you can get sight of him again,
for he must be killed if he lives as near
the house as that
don't go a-shooting on Sunday, but
went for my pistol then, for l consid-
cred it decidedly q, work of necessity
and mercy to put an end to the danger
of ourselves or our people being bitten
by that deadly cobra. Soon appearing
with revolver which kept for trav-
cling through the jungles at night, 1
went to hunting for the cobra's hole.
Two large native flower-pots stood
about six feet from the end of the We
raada, with each beautiful rose grow
ing in it, of which my wife was very
fond, and beside which she almost daily |
stood picking off dead leaves or water
ing and tending the roses. [ soon dis
covered q hole in the ground about as
large as my wrist, partially concealed |
by the grass that was growing right be-
tween the two flower pots, which were
far enough apart for a person to stand
between them. The hole went down
perpendicularly, growing larger as it
went deeper. 1t took but moment to
bring o hand-mirror and throw re-
Election of tie bright sun right down
into the hole. 1t revealed horizontal
chamber only a foot or SO deep, and the
scales of a cobra coiled up at
rest.
Taking piece of broken wagon-tire
in my left hand to stop up the hole with
and placing the end of it slantingly in
the hole, fired down into it. Not
motion was seen. had missed. Turn
ng the tire up edgewise fired again.
What a squirming there was! The
cobra had been wounded. He struck
up viciously at the iron, which was
,urncd down fiat as soon as had fired
% keep him from darling out at us. 1
urned the iron edgewise and fired again
iXth barrel let him strike his head
nut and caught it against the side with
he iron tire. l had brought with me q
,alr of large hcuge-shears. With these
caught hold of his protruding neck
md with stout pull with both hands
pulled him out and gave him hirt out
nto the compound. What a scattering
here was of men, women, and children!
Wy attention had been so taken up by
he snake that had not noticed what !
zig crowd had gathered around. How
hey screamed and ran! for they did not I
NOW that the grip of the shears had
islocated the fellows neck, and seeing I
full-sized cobra flying out toward /,
hem they seemed to think he was I
bringing at them. I
: AS | had graspcd the head of the CO.
ira with the shears L had given the
to the teacher, asking him
. insert the end again instantly that l S
rev the cobra out, for where one CO.
RI IS you win usually find a second. /
aIao back and threw the rays of the Il
- u agai2. Yes, thorc were bright