Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-16
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scqucnuy when he prop.fe 10 join
our hunting party into Zululhnc, be
vas received with 0pou arml ami wa
soon husily engaged VA arranging ior
our departure from D'Urban, Natal
Jock was bitot a boiauist, compar-
two snatomlsi, geologis,, In fact a bit
Of every thiur, always forming the
| most cKtrAvagant theories In c0nnec-
ton with hi- houbies anu laughing ns
] heartily M any OF uR when tho HbsufL-
iiy VI hia o3lJccturcs was sEpJltd by
any Of cur parry.
II there was any hot water la our
nuiThtofhooJ, Jock was bound 20 Uu ln
| 10 but always managed to ez 'r'Ca,c
himself safely, with uuimuA.frd
wGtu We were "uutspunucdn near the
!ugcln river, Jock started with QUO Of
our native servants TO collect ufCuids
Ga mn adjoining forest. HIS vsrnaculsr
bulug too broad Tor the columns OF a
newspaper, the adventures which beioli
him that day viii have 90 be reduced
into English.
lt appears, then, that aftor having
ck'a attention was attracted 10y an nf.
enid In the urICf branches oi "a KtauI
uid forest king,nnd hu started climbiug
the trco 10 secure the prize; tho rlimu-
ing wins not dinicult as tue limuu oil
the tree were close together ami he wis
soon within reaching distance VI thr
plant.
AZ ho stretched out his right hand
10 gasp II, hu heard tho servant yell
Jut ia uumiugatud terror, that snake
was Va the Tree. Glnnuug upwards lac
saw, swinging ~ and if0, level with
nia neal aui slightly In front of him,
a large, green snake, known through
out South Africa ~ the bonn g.aHg
(lfeo HuHktl, very veu0mOls uui
greatly dreaded by the wood.
cutters OF that county. The
reptiles Jaws were stretched o.
iu utmOst capacity ami ~ f0Ikud
tongue was wOrking norvOusly in auu
out IT, mouth with tho rapidity OF a
| lightning tiash. Backwards anu for
wards II swung, while Jock, danger.
! 0usly attracted By the concentrated
evil expressed Ia the bright glitter Of
liz internal eyes, felt no inclination Tor
the mumunt 70 stir. lie tail was on.
twlned around a thin branch about
four ieat above him aud It's uoiy un.
dulatUd gently as N moved by the
zuphyr breeze which stirred the leaves
Of tbs tree.
For two or three seconds they re-
maiuud thu, when his annkoship made
a rHpiu snap 10 JOoh's upliitUd hand,
which had not yoI seized the orchid
be was after. Tbs spell was broken.
JOCK lnstautangUuHly Withdrew his
hand aud rs the iaugs snapped violout-
ly together he seized the snake lightly
by the neck. Iha reptile wEigglud
violcnty, nearly causing Jock ~ lose
his balance, tut hu c1ntrivud u retain
his hold iot about mali a minute when
tho uuAke iy0srnoi Is tail from thu
Tough nDJvo aud attempted 20 coil itself
around the 5cOtchmau's body. Juckis
Tear WIS that u would succeed In getting
iis tail round his neck, IN which case
no tlood Aa great % chance OF buiuE
siranElci AZ no did Of dying from "a
effects u H. bite, should IL get out nf
his hand, RE therefore extended his
arm na far ~ possible from him aud
bent his BODY uack. Ia this position
ne began 10 descend tue tree Gy drOf-
Plug iiOm b0ugh 10 b0ugh with HE lo.t
hand, lie had not dropped many feet
when, detpitu his strenuous efforts 10,
prevent ~, ihu snake managed h
thTJW IT, body over tho thick part 0f
JOcA'h arm anu Instantly cooled itself
round ana round itum Wfis. 10 biCep.
The pressure OF ilH coils uAs 80 Intense |
that Jock feared ho should DO com. |
RELIED 10 break ms gup on ila neck. |
Apart from the actual pain OF the |
pressure anu tho weight Of the surpent, !
hlu arm was twitiHd Hlmost completely |
round and he Hnciud lao could hear thp /
bones cracking.
IL was therefore with extroma DIM. |
Guilty lac descended until within ,ltht
iecI OF The base OF tho tree, hen,
Egnsping dtCayud bTauch, down hs /
came head lrst ~ the ggound, VITA his
friend sui IN his hand.
Fortunately tho Tall did not slun our
hero, anu his clutch ala not relax ruf.
hclrnuy 10 allow thr vXgrlCatiuu uf the
snakes head. The Zulu boy who hal I
been an upuu-mOulIuI witness oil mo
occurrence, now drew hts knife AND
while Jock hell the serpent aglinstthp
trunk Of the tree, severed 100 head from
tue b1iy. luu rest OF the snake wac
yaruy uuCOllu1 from the arm, when
nud become OBJ sunIus owing 10 tby
iEht 10 ui no singular ornament.
Our scotch irluuu hAu H,iIi another
snake episode during HE nmUlrB tngt
jay, to ana tue ZIIu hlu rptrarrd
their steps aud wero 9ut OF tue ilic4
part Of ino forest, when they observed
a Convey uiBmali birds clrcIIns wildly
auuVea ti.u sud twitieriug rEcIlpIIy.
Il lgslug rluHUlY 90 ascertain lhs causp
VI the cJmuuuUu, Jock saW % huge
make tearlng loo head an inch ortwu
above the tuNm0si hUuchus OF tue tee.
around whicn the little Hlugsters were
'ohyuhvsIy iuUering Their shrIU
lolea ,t'nygl tho great nlurln tney
were eAptrlenciugaud yet the brilliant
magnetism Of their euUmy's eye |
'r,m med 10 draw them ever nearer q
llm.
Suddenly the snakt's head shot ont
ana one poor little trembling warbler
ell into the open jaws. The frmsinipu
lifdh New OF a. once.
jocks Scotch blood VIVA up and he
ietcfmlnvu 10 have that sna Aoor krog
NE reason Why, but dld NOS feel muru
IKE thluulng up the tree On get IL. nff,r
me '& uTlrnru OF tho previous hour. Ia
lu luvu 20 move him by other usars
lie anu Toe hoy collected a uumbrr al
stones ana proceeded 90 maks 10 ~
comfortable Tor tnu ulrd catcher. Two
VI threo OF tho missiles atruck INN. buf
not ln vial part ana alter a WhIls M,
snake httiuvu To think that rue u,,. !