The sun., 1892-05-22

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snake had been attacked hy rooster Of the
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scenc. She had more concern for her chick ems
Mss better snake 20
but took 2 hand In the fight herself and r soon g,
smokes travel lI pairs st this time of year: ,
another, ,invasion OF snakes. and went back to
her work Not more than an hour later how
sSaisns sSfr sns knew
wong again. She hurried out and this time
she vas not little out Of h%%Or at being
hor poultry out. OF trouble. She needed to have
fire In her eye, for she was confronted by q big
Just In timo to see one OF the ra,tlesnakes
throw M his coil and strike 2 hen M in Il the meek mex.
but never 'ssSr Struck for % she csusRed him nat
with her club The milksnake glided away;
but the e second rattlesnake coiied again aand
80 unceremoniousiy intruded upon the scene.
The ell cnb met thiS ad " mate and
searched In tho bushes for the milksnake. but
1t had got away.
r % Sa ss nsss sss pSs DISTURBED ss
among the chickens summ2ned Mrs Deemer
once ono. more to the spot; The miIksnako ma and
the reptilos. Since then all snakes have given
that poultry yard a wide berth.
Uaique Sport In the MissIssippi Bayous.
They have queer way OF catching lsh in
the inland lakes and bnyous that are 80 nu-
merous in the low swamp lands OF Mississippi
and other Southern States" said a New York
travelling man. recently from trip through
tho South. The waters are inhabited by
many varieties OF excellent fish, among them
q large fish OF good game qualities. which the
natives call q trout, although have my doubts
about its being Of that family Of fishes. There
are perch In some Of the waters that grow
larger than any ever saw caught elsewhere.
and sunilsh that often grows to weigh q
pound-a flsh as broad as it is large. They
call this fish Dream In the South. There is
also species Of sucker. and a three-pounder
10 not an uncommon catch. Softshell turtles.
a novelty to me. and which the epicures Of
these dreamy localities declare are "a great q
delicacy as terrapn. are also abundant.
During the spring season the swamps
around the lakes are inundated. and their
waters are merged into the lakes. making OF
the country one vast unbroken area OF watery
waste. This water recedes as summer APP
proaches. and by the first Of July the swamp
bottoms are dry enough to permit persons to
walk safely upon them. Tho swamp waters
deposit in the lakes q dark mud OF consider
lake lake 6 Bottoms. n 1 didn't learn who discovered
that by agtating this mud a condition Of the
depths depth ] uubearable % to the fish in the lakes. and
drive them to the SURFACE. but somebody dis
Saizss the saa ss hs
again Inundated; This modo Of, ,iisiing. is
sWa@p iaSes The % HEIGHT pleasurs to the
inhabftants Of those queer districts:
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who carries an article OF tackle which Is called
Ths he b spanse is Sss Rsse do d DVaS %
q hole, bored through the middle. Into the
hole a handle 81! feet Ion is fitted. And this
kets to hold the fish that are caught. The real
scientific, sportsman who goes m1ddinG Is
to end o
pole. Less expert fishermen use three-tined
h aGes 1r on s ena
even trust to his skill with three.tined and
barbed spsar. but & carries n, a. dip net or corn
Arrived at the fishing ground the, fisher
men wade out into the water itb until ~ they n are
afSs Ss sntk TN the
tI@e III SstsT bscs@ss. II. shisk !, and I IFSiy i5oa
1s fs sns Fs
their manpuvres. As the fish appear the
asa ] h sons Rs 81 Or the srs M
%s it hs h1K 6e mpaSf Hs
sh sh he he is %Sddins Tor and scoops them out
The third fish to appear from the thickeninG
and later on the snout Of the great swamp-lake
sucker may be seen protruding above the sur
Is y all 81 as Of the xateE
stranger to the sport would fall to detect in
si Alter sh2o!s DS %uddns q the water
for some minutes it becomes 80 thick that the !
The genuine sport sman then calls IL halt. and |
moves at once with his aides to another part |
th
the mudding as their best opportunity. and |
hey remain to scoop up the .gasplng iilsh as
sre @ saIaht m a3 with hook and line. With bait:
. These curious Swamps are thicEly inhab- |
worthless. The beavers. alone. BY their dams.
large tracts of land. and they do i'm
t9 .nG IS
size, 1t is favorite pastime of the youngsters
gator nesting. The alligator picks out spot
Oh the shore whore she NAV build her nest.
'Ser tho y spot she Selects there viii Be D no
spring or summer inund1tion. Her nest.
S?ks ,y;i ike an immense trnsl, heap or pile Of
and when she comes out She will have left
rom forty to sixty eggs under the brush. As
,very one OF these will surely hatch an alli-
zat9r II undisturbed; the number OF saurians
Tered at. The female alligator never goes FAR
rom her nest until her young are Matched. but
stands guard over it.
THE. way the boys get at the al!igators
'ggs is this: they know that the nesting ali-
:ator will not attach. or chase them unless
hey approach near her nest. HALF dozen
,oys usually make up a nest-roBhing party.
They carry u big bag with them When they
discover an alliGator's nest IA couple Of the
The rest of the party 60 on beyond it some dis
ance and then turn and come back directly
Oward the nest where the old alligator is ON
.uard. She soon sees them coming. faces
hem and advances n few yards. stops. and
lows 4, herself nD like u gigantic toad fish: