The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-11-15
PARADISE or SNAKES.
~, MILLIONS, and Many Of the Most
Y - Poisonous Kind.

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~ Poisonous Kind.
~. 1taho sugar estate in Java con
~ over twelve thousand acre.
a.t one- third Of which is in cane
Nv s L ii one Of the most densel
LUZ AN narts of Java, and the bush
"a wall, impervious even to man
N animals, but snakes flourish an,
MA. are no less than ten varietie
s s.s are deadly poisonous. Eight o
" coolies employed on this estat,
VA died inside of fonr months from
INA bites. The chain viper is mos
.ssded. as it will not get out of ones
M and when trodden on by tn,
..stooted natives, strikes fatally
AVE miles away is the ruined city
rhoru. wilderness of temple.
INV II stone, cut in designs as fine as
'..work. On the north side Of all
,bssa buildings are long arched pas.
..ses and here wild animals resort to
m out Of the intolerable heat. Lead.
IN from these avenues are hundreds
4 small cham ers having no windows.
Il these Turk more snakes than can
n found anywhere else in the island.
Itis not surprising that the eastern
.stiops look upon Englishmen as luna
liza They do SO many foolhardy
hinps from no apparent motive save
\ risk their lives Two years ago an
English naval lieutenant was here
,isiting neighboring planter and his
ocular craze was making collection
Y Jayan reptiles. His only attendant
vas an English sailor lad about six
"a. and these two, against all warm
nc. went roaming around the forests
Without a guide. In Choru, the
mined city, the lieutenant found rich
harvest and killed a magnificent black
isquar, but an adventure with snake
Ended his sport. One day he and the
boy we're under one Of the long arch
Ways Of the big temple and, looking
through the doorways Of one OF the
lsrk cham bers, saw something yellow
|nthe far corner. Without q moments
*hought he entered and gave the mass
punch with his cane. A tremendous
Hiss that fairly shook the walls was
beloved by an assault swift as the
ZAP Of q tiger, and the man found
himself seized by huge Bari snake,
Ne most aggressive and dangerous Of
Nh constructors. His left shoulder
sas crushed by the brute's teeth, and |
buick as flash coil was around his
body and he felt the steel-like COM
PRESTON. But the grit Of the boy
aved his masters life. He had q
heavy, sharp wood knife, and he
truck the reptile two heavy blows
Inst back of the head. the most vulner-
lble part Of its body, because the thin
pest Its backbone was divided. The
|oil relaxed, but the powerful tail
|ashed out, breaking the boys leg. It
Fas two hours before they were found
lnd brought up in . cart The lieu
enant's left shoulder was crushed be-
|ond surgery and the arm was useless.
10Th master and boy recovered after a
pell Of fever. saw the snake, a
lideous object, black and yellow, and
ateen feet long. Such a brute would ;
rush horse.
Thinning one day near the Wasil
'ver in the interior Of the island, /
'atched number of wild hogs COM
y 70 the water to. drink. Suddenly,
ne head OF snake arose above the
Fsss and hog squealed. A python /
"a seized full-grown one, easily !
lree feet high at the shoulder, and G
'rown two coils around the body. .
unaer the tremendous pressure the I
x seemed to lengthen, and when the !
axe uncoiled l saw only strip of
eal nothing distinguishable but the !
~ shot the snake. 1t was twelve
Y long and not over seven inches
rough, and yet its coils had crushed 9
:, bones of its prey like chips. '
mere is no doubt that hidden away >
'ue vast swamps of the interior are :
ny anacondas of enormous size. .
r'es have been made up to hunt Il
~ put the malarious climate drives Q
u back. In the museum at Rata. 7
y Tue skin Of serpent that must &
\ 4 oeen fifty feet long when living. Z
] brute would kill man as cas- "a
= !. would. a rabbit. Ihave in my v
session the jumper and loip-cloth =
coolie that had been swallowed by x
"a :. The cloths seemed to have been W
' - u oy hand, so tightly are they :,
- The only party of the body 7,
" was the lower jaw-bone. All the a.
mad been digested. II
.efe are certainly people who have nc
! occult power over snakes. We co
mere an Indian coolie who is in ia
:. rom blow on the head. He is or
ess and yet a terror to his coun- ga
sen' and he always has one or er
ssnomous serpents about his per- On
J. aaa these he will handle and ga b. ar
y ~ the hour. We have q coral ar
= bright scarlet, known as the ma
!. is deadly in its bite, ma
vicious In temner. f,ohtino lil