The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-29

to the other nor even to give hitn1
my assistant. The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J
too much TO risk. AS he was a. shI
though thick snake, 4 Diet e.1llinel to Ill
him as had him and push my al
snake and all through the sleeve teeS1
companion held the coat and / pusfI
my clutched fist into the Sleeves ss
he felt the cloth rubbing againBt 81
nose he opened his mouth aud ciutcfI
II with his fangs. Pie was then Ill
way through the sleeve. Now heEy
thoroughly awake and gave everyte e
uence Of II by his violent contortiOI
lie dashed himself about, opened 81
mouth In vain efforts to bite me 81
sent the venom from his mouths
streams over my fingers The con|
unence was that l had TO hold him
ne was ana go home in shirt sleeves wi
my coat thrown over my arm. He$fI
really been asleep while cauglitShI
anu only woke UP slowly after had
fingers clutched round his throatS "a
Not all snake sleep SO convenienI
for catching, In shady spots at the ROD
OF trees.
DAY SLEEPING TREE BoAS!s
AT Maraval. near Port of Spain.
the Island of Trinidad one day Whel
was there, Il large snake was dfsrJ
cred coiled in the top Of the huge boI
! bnoS shading the reservoir which sd
plies the city with water. They've
Phohed me to come up. When$5Isj
rived ! found the serpent had LASH
himself securely in the very top Of
namooos, seventy feet above the wslt
me bamboo he was in was partial
separated from the others, and as
wind was blowing pretty strongly,I
was swaying necessarily thrnughS III
arc OF some thirty feet I sawIfrd
the ground that the snake was a Kid
hort, or tree boa, decidedly nocturjI
In his habits. OF course he wasNs1nI
asleep. There was only one wnytpsa
| him--fO- cut down the bamboo sssyl
drop him in the water. Soon from "a
ground 10 It's apex the branchea1
brntcd with the blows OF the fasTSJyieI
| ed cutlags. The leaves around ieShI
tembled with every stroke. StiIl8I
never moved. He slept through 9it d
and what is more. when at laSEs
cutting was finished and the Sflod
bamboo fell out into the water. iantfi|
| him in the middle of the reseryosr,S
wasn't in bit of n hurry to unIo0ssl
coils. He wanted q few minutes TO I'd
ir9und him and then savar.l out Itynif{|
bank, where he was very much Al
pfised and indignant to find z liiifts|
my prisoner with my fingers clutcifu
his throat. $ r S55$s1hS1
While hunting in the Island Of GunaI
80 Wy s7S'tAiS O1
n curious interiew with one of
same day-sleeEing tree boas. Efgl
one OF the streams coming down ffy
the hills ! was searching fca. the nfsl
rops atrox. better known as the idreeI
ed fer de lance. As the bank #iid
these snakes are most usually ,sf]]
were Tricky covered witch bush. sIsSd
sidered it better. and snfer55 10 ssyTI
in the red OF the stream. where il cod
q; once have both banks 8inENiew; saI
at the same time be out of danaarj
stepping incautiously upon one. II ISL
sure, my feet were In the WATERMAN n
had often 10 wade to the knees, BIZ & IN
Doesn't count in the tropics, S9ItJ|
water is warm and wetting ehsa rs dad
had gone for some miles up tiie5sfreiI
bed, when j came ITO II pool g I'LL
branch hanging out oyer the in slll III
From tho water to the bra iiaRss
five feet or less and upon II hos sta
coiled and asleep, wagsa tree bpaS sys
very same kind j had got a sHaraSI
That this fellow was oaleep tflGfssj
no doubt whatever FIs IyeFe4 Md
as walked right upstoah him. i'll c4fs
coileh securely In the branches 81 sS5
a level with my facet approarEie ~
I looked clear Into his eyes sse q III
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