Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-08
BATTLE WITH A BOA.
IRIS FOLD WRAPPED ABOUT HIS
wINDPiPE.
An incident OF the Hunt In VeRsnuela--
Professor Renly's Rescue Of Ills MAJ
tive servant From the Embrace Of a
Giant Serpent.

Ireland Royal geological society, when
ever for any length Of time | made
my headquarters IN amy village or
settlement, | almost invariably had
one or two young fellows trained un-
der my own eye, % capture alive,
without fear, the largest and most
deadly kinds that the primeyal wilder
ness could produce
Pedro Vargas, swarthy-skinned
STRIPPING Of II, clad only in shirt and
trousers, with a palm leaf hat upon
his head, barefoot and bare-legged 70
this knee, was the quickest and bravest
Of all my daring serpent-ehasers
One morning a. sunrise Pedro and !
started OF for the forest ia search 81 q
huge boa constructor reported 70 have
been seen by some hunter on the pre-
ylous evening Before VIZ had pro-
ceeded far the sounds 81 gunsh0t5 in
the distance attracted our attention.
We soon came up with the shooters.
and were delighted 10 find that they
we're the very hunters who had yester-
day encountered tho boa Wa were III
quest o.
over the iOrest.clad hills Tor sOmr
Two mtIes "e ~iIh a'ill'Alts mate ohF
way, continually stantIis = Fnaa Win
0ur cuIL9ssea :" where lhere vas
deep rAVine- ~ @Aa among tlr ROCKS
"a the preclpitaa- side 81 This rayluu
taat tasy haa sen ttt hoa ~ tAg
evening before, Pedro. 'asan"tllr
lgft lt- and ,sgtugt down rs tH,- drIrfi
up river ped, Ds@ha to sees iittt ts-
nhath the pushes eNgrhhnstRs tae
sandy margin ~ sas tnrg ~nul sAlt,-
cessSttt
santa MalrN 9iE shouted, 's2lW
grande taDt.za
Oh hearing thi- N" Alt HtVDd eatiI,
anNiously gazing dow z OK hlnl. won-
dertng What Y Wa1 he bad discovered
A. ~ uttered thc words W. "a" him
" the act q ascending huge buwidrr
oyershadoVea " spreading Ian
palm ! spacious leAFes kar HOO
ment ~ was Lost ta Airw
Inc palm leaves -WAyed ard rhstlces
violently ana = Tory ~ hat hmr ~
I NOV" step There Was Pedro FpsltuR
oH the ~" der dnwti 20 nv sand te.
low. wish ths enormous snake cotlNd
with ~ many Holds around him, Ihrrw
NJ lsy 90 hls hack holding tsr great
boa With one hard ri1itched about tts
throat There Nas eoil upon coil ~
/ thu monsters leugth wound around hia
neck and arms and body His lrgs
only we're tree, and ~tth thssa hrtrtrd
vigorously y g"t "a nss inett but tn
vain, t0r tHu weight around his neck
aud shoulders, a. sell e. The piniou-
\ ing ~ MT arms. completely prevented
any such action when we reached
htm 2" r0ald sp"aA ~ tn2rr and bis
lace was ta.t growing livid though
othcrwts" ha vas conscious enough.
but the pressHr" round hts throat was
TOO much ior him The swollen veins
stood ont upon his forehead and hEs
eyes appeared bullying evidently me
snake was strnngling him. while BIZ
sun kept V etutehed BY thr Throat for
though boa constructor cannot crush
one ribs. BE- can easily a4urexr q
meek quite enough p chukc Now
me be-t way 70 unioosN cpilcd bua
y Y commence a. ne tail ~ Tor that
jumped ~ once and found i etuutIy
enlapped around the stems % the
bushes proceeded q unite II. hut
AZ ta7t o. ! could get i ~ from one
place y instantly twisted afr0sh nrou nj
another
A. i was clear Tint thisdelay might
have serious consequences az onco
prepared for other tactics. I knew
tnat Il J threatened tht excited reptile
while Pedro remained perfectly stlIl
ana quietly let 90 biz hold On IT,
throat, the beast would 81 onre attack
me by biting. but mot ~ windirf,
around me ior this Iast thcy never
do' except with animals they intend to
swallow or when held prisoner. ~
Pedro was now holding this unn Priv
pairing myself, therefore m the onset
~ taxing ne bags VI had with rs and
wrapping them around my hands 10
protect them against its tooth. I
stood on little ~ the reptiIr'a head
and shouted to Pedro 70 let 90. which
he had till now been afraid to do. In
/ DuntlIatiC attitude | fDOE me ti1g{t fy,,,