New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18

himself or, perhaps taking n music lesson for he did
40: >ce me- and / am sure ice had intention Of
bling himself. When Na, IN Texas have known
a rat.~nakc to strike hor," without ia" least note
of warning. Another plc'urc,ln" error regarding
him." continues Mr.. Moore. Fl, The suppo~on that
when spelling FOR hllt Dee coils himself up like
doIclnui. or a haIyard board 81 Il UauOi war.
The snah. simply gathers himself ia 4 ,crc, of ir
regular fold, Ike series o. Supclimp sod s.. lie
can ~ best Strike bat i.r" fourth of his own ,Sth,
and rarely accompll-hc- that In actual w1riir.'
III, AUTHORITY al>1 assert. Tat tie gat'l ..'r T.,
qur'. uno,igl,ivr. ana -ir 81 Dlini, -I, oHn lu,-
uo- II. :, CREAMY. tlh.nr frequent baths Wan tAc
opportunity occurs. and In Oh" Carolina, ANA florida
become, snah, Of great size ANA weight, SOHO
specimens having been captured measuring nine icrt.
he Is a splendid and sHiit swimmer and Incomes
dummy with the alligator, as they are frequently
sen sharing the SAME los and taking sun bath
together
Tie ordinary or "bandcd' rate.nakc f. found
ans whore In tie country south of The forty olAih
parallel Til, variety /, generally nnGcl.iv' "N,cp
when he has reason - believe Tat Doe l. Ia daH-rr.
when Dee Is not slow 70 defend himself .ui-ll birds.
MICE sopIcr,. cApmuli, AMI squirrel, are h.r favor
i,~ Gi- o aud MIR. Moore in II 70. ut article asserted
that hr clu swallow rabbit. T. says: II hr.p'i
ONO {, oi--oDi rIftlr.ua,' which hal un Immense
lump sad hips. which proved to D. % f.N size! AMI
half dis I'D jack rabbit. tn, snake, ncc1 not
tAo inches IN diameter. ~ leave % 60 other, 40
explain bow Dee wrapped himself around ih,t rabbit"
Tie lr-'-t Ones ~, found In 2 ...s on III" lover
RIO Granl,. where Mr.. Moore state, 'Al Toy have
been known to reach lcngih Of twelve f',t WIZ"
III" smallest. horned snai..~. are found In All
zoin. New " Aioo and southern California. TIL,
latter variety an, tlr peculiar power oi l,as able
10 move backward q, quickly It, forward. ANA cin go
Into hi. h9.c tail hr,t. They have raiil',. bat sol
dom u.c them until they have struck ani th.y hav,
a dl.a-rocahlr habit If half luryinc Themselves In
TIE SAM and r'soniius an unintcnuonIlly inuHa.vr
step hy a iIn-"I rrmonsirIncr.
The peculiar c,mpauloasIip Of prairie do,,. ra,il.
snakes and owl, has often been noted. bat never
satisfactorily explained. Mr. Moorr Law ont the
owl portion Of the problem. hui siat", t.It Ia, re-
searches ,low that the make shares The dog quar-.
tes for purely selfish reasons. In tAc A!-t place.
Tie, prairie do f. an acute little animal and doe,
not car. 10 provoke combat with inra'Ga' L.
enemy. The dogs barrow T. tAc only shelter from
the heat Of the plain, afforded 10 ih" reptile" AMI rs
the little creature Away, sinks well at Oh" bottom
Of his burrow. tai, Is the ,naacs only mean, Of get
ting water, something that De- Il peculiarly foal o.
But the main attraction f. th" young Of IL" prairie
dog. tn RATHER doe, MT believe In over produc
tlon among hi, hosts. and H. makes WAY with pro
portion Of the puppir, ut their generally regularly
timed appearance. he does swallow tarm al.
but tut sum rit 10 Locp him I'm good condition, AMI
have enough the time to- ,rpc,utr the
In TACT the RATHER j. not u,oral when III, per pnl.
j.
when In N'w-McXco AMI TcAIs, whore tb' a-A'N
are Good. t. thr tom 81 these snakes To crawl be-
tween a travellers blankets and N -elr up co,c To
him til morning. lie state, that nu'nboro OF u,m
are Killed every year by soldiers, but h" holds that
the snakes rarely abuse hospitality hy biting tAcir
bed fellows. sii this Is. To the least. unpleasant
for the owner of the blankets. and Ben" Davis. of
Orange. who Is an old desert man." has hal some
experiences Of this suitability the part Of the
snake that quite crawy IN their narrowing de-
tails Mr.. Davis has been 80 long on the frontier
that he does not mind snakes. tirantalas scorpions
and such things ~ much n, would ttnd"rioot ~
he puts IT, \ man on the desert gets In the haiit
Of shaking his boots before Il" pni, them On Ia
the morning lie WAS FOR many year, the foreman
OH a large cat.l" rapch H. Ar,onl, and onr OF BIS
experiences Was TO wake up enc morning Nj la
camp and scc Il Tremendous RATHER col'd mp within
4 foot Of hi, eyes. he dlr.d not make a moyc ana
lay there hoping the snake would wake up ana pur-
sue It's course The creature In tic course OF half
an h,ur uncold and commenced to move. but, 10
Mr. Davis, horror. came straight for him. lie hal
nerve enough 10 keep perfectly Gmri. however, ana
the RATHER drew it, slimy fold right across the man
bare throat aud went on he Way. A> soon rs Ia
felt sure had got sufficiently lar away 10 make 1t
safe. Davis jumped To his feet anu getting weapon
iii patchci tn snake
Another l,odc that Mr.. Davis relates /, that on
another of hi, expeditions he woke up to lnl rat
tier collcd on the breast Of sleeping companions
Davis got his siN sho0tc: and. taking careful AIM
blew The reptile 10 pieces and nearly scared the |
sleeper into forty fits. Al first h" thodght he Was
murdered Mr. Davis asserts that II RATHER strikes
man I'm n vein death IS Instantaneous rs
by lightning He cIj"s case that came under lis
motto. On the Colorado Hyor. nnmbrr Of YUMA
Indians were bathing. and would puuc" In The river
come ont roll In The grn.s for While, ana then |
TAX. M, :cr dip. Da'i' noticed lag" lar' N.'
va, y plc;.rc u sirnc'h ahI h"llil SAG Ni
,.f,t. no = 'fl-i
N ,s,,od cali. on the gas where h" ha1 been r"--
licking md In an instant was corpse. IhF"a'l~l- |
;lo, .novc, that a RATHER had sirucE him square III
tn iuenlir. ,,... ,,, rlrl. on1 |
animals open to question, AMI Mr. Moore - H"ll
i~ar In Ills theory H.. asserts that what - con
the vi u shake tur u DLu 4