The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

| convulsively huttering. Their shrill notes
betrayed the great alarm they were ex>
periencing. and yet the magnetism Of their
enemy's brilliant eye seemed 10 draw them
ever nearer to him. Suddenly the snakes
head shot out, aud one OF the poor, trem-
bling little war hlers fell into the open jaws.
The remainder of the birds flew of at once.
determined to have that snake or know
the reason why, but l did not feel very
much like shining up the tree to get him
after my experiences Of the previous hour,
so l determined TO move him by other
means. My servant and I collected num-
Der OF stones and proceeded to make it
pretty warm for the bird catcher. Two or
three OF our missiles struck him, but not
one on vital part and after a while, the
snake seemed to think that sort of fun had
been going on long enough, and be came
| rapidly down the tree. We did not succeed
in hitting him during his descent, and he
was soon gliding down the trunk
CHASED BY COBRA.
Il CHANGED to be OF the cobra species,
which will attack a man IL disturbed Di-
rectly it touched the ground made straight
for the Zulu. who, dropping his stones,
made the best running time on record
toward an activity close to where we stood.
Attaining the summit of the hill, he looked
quickly behind, only to find bis pursuer
close at his heels. Tho descent before him
was Notg btoeps Que, ll pOlnk OF LAOt, man
under ordinary circumstances would care
fully pick his way down, but the ext yoncies
OF the Zulu's position did not leave much
margin for accommodating.
With yell like twelve bASketfuls OF
devils, az Friend Rabelais would say. he
started down she hill, closely followed by
the snake. l followed, but a regard for nv
neck made my progress much more
moderate. Besides, had not such an i'm.
portant engagement to keep az the Zulu
The latter had lost all control OF his move
ments and flew down the deelivity 40 sx-
press speed, the cobra making prodigious
bounds behind him. When the distance be-
tween the Zulu and the snake was not more
than three feet, tho former caught his toe
In the root Of tree and fell full length on
the ground, olutchiug some tufts of grass To
prevent rolling. The snakes impetus was
evidently uncomfortable also, for it bounded
clear over the PROSTATE Zulu and continued
the pace to the bottom of the hill.
fastened to join the boy, thinking the
snake might return to attack him, but it
had abandoned the hunt. | was bent on
having the snake, however, and told the
native TO cut two stout sticks, armed with
which we proceeded to hunt up our whilom
pursuer. It took some little time In the
thick grass, but we eventually spotted him,
stretched out near tree. AS we came in
sight he made for us viciously, but blow
from my stick made him retreat Follow
ing him up, | saw him attempt TO hide In
hole about twelve inches deep, scratched In
an ant heap.
He was obviously under the impression
that he had struck a deep hiding place, aud
as no touched bottom turned sharply around
TO come out again. when l placed my stick
below his head and held him TO the ground
to watch his antics The fierce look Of baf-
fed rage and malignant hatred which shone
In his eyes was simply indescribable. As
bent down to look into them forgot the
danger was mourning and became quite
interested in watching she reptile, when,
Pit Pit the cobra discharged Its venom at
me. A second later and l crushed its head
with my stick.
When we returned to the wagons the
first remark my companion made was:
What the mischief is the matter with your
hairl 1t is quite green" And so 10 was;
the poison from the snakes faugs had struck
my hair above the right temple and turned
it as verdant as young corn. lost no time
In shaving sthat portion OF my head, as
there was some risk In the venom becom-
ing absorbed through the pores OF the
scalp.
or course che incident naturally led to
snake yarns, and one Of our party related a
sad misfortune which befell relative OF
his, who had, under somewhat similar cir
cumstances 10 those related, been spat upon
by a snake In Natal The venom, IN his
case, had entered the eye, causing excruciat-
ing agonies and completely blipding it.
After fortnight the other eye had also
lost its sight, and the man Is now totally
blind. My escape was therefore a very fort
innate one.