The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-03
FOUGHT WITH A COBRA
HEAD WAS EXTENDED AND FAsss
READY TO STRIKE.
Failing to Bite HIS Enemies the
Poisonous viper hit Himself
to Death.

The Rev. T. Unaugsh, who has been for
- years missionary Of the American
Evangelical Lutheran church in tho
Madras presidency India. was in Ssx
francisco the Othor day. He has had
many curious and extraordinary ok
periences in that part of the country
~ have hunted good deal at different
times" said he to a can reporter. II
never bothered with tho Bengal tiger
nor the chcctah. neither have 1 hunted
for lions. for there are none there But
have gone out after and got good
many antelope elk and various kinds
of fowl. including the ploVer. There is
a good assortment OF such game there.
and YOU can XIII more than you want
almost any day, but Of course it's
shame 20 kill more than YOU can use.
There are enormous numbers of
snakes there. and many of them arc very
poisonous. Some are extensively large
/ always sought to keep clear of than
as much as possible. Despite your bsst
efforts however, you can not do it.
II was in the Kishna district in Mad
ias Through this district, which has 81
eco GOO people. flows the Nishna river. one
of the greatest rivers IN India. Along
this river are to be found some of the
worst of the reptiles.
Among these reptiles is the cobra,
and this leads me to tell you of peculiar
4
- fact which has never been made plain
before had gone to one OF our school
houses and was informed that a cobra
was somewhere I'm the house. IL had
been seen. but had i'm some manner gone
from view, yet it was explained that u
/ did not appear likely that II had got
away.
"rhercupon I Instituted "A search 1 OK
/ amned right and left everywhere, turn
ing over the seats and looking about IN
! all directions. But I could not find tho
cobra. Then ] took another look and
/ finally over in "A corner / saw mat. one
/ q the kind you see hero. that is brought
from the Orient to wrap things up in.
II went over there, and with long
/ stick instituted "a search, and there in
! the mat was the cobra. He was good
big stiff fellow about four feet long. and
! when he saw me he rose up straight from
/ half his body and showed fight. His hood
was distended and he showed his fangs
ready for business
II didn't want to be bit and ! backed
away. Then he got down and woulo
have got away if he could. but wouldn'i
let him. I got at the door and barree
the way
THE best way to kill the cobra is with
rattan stick. rhe cobra strange as i
may appear from his size has veal
back and if you hit him with sticl
of this kind it sort OF para lyzes him am
lie will get down and be reasonably quiet
80 / got a rattan stick about four fee
long, and, keeping my distance aa'
watching my chances. l got in "A bod
blow on the cobra that laid him out. Ill
wasn't dead by any means-just parti,
paralyzed-and he noundered around i'm
half helpless way.
Il managed to get him out on IN
ground where the people could see hin
and while l had him there ne made sew
eral attempts to use his fangs on thos
about him. But il was all futile. an
then / saw a thing which exceeded Il
strangeness anything ] ever saw. II
bit himself about half way in the cent?
of his body, lay down and in a few mo
ments was dead. He committed suicide