The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-11
eorTH AFRICAN MARVELS.
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Il
H.iEswaiIowed hueh It
Heeeeo povu n Native and Cat or
enip, r..a,e by Swallowing Its Tnii.
,.,s., snake story comes from South
In' +, /. recorded In the 1rdnspdul, pub
AnyTI IL Cane Town. as cold fact, that In Seku-
pLr.d native ran across q boa CONSTRUCTOR.
fnusI.r about forty.soven feet. which had
.~.w.Ilowed a young Koodoo buck, all ex-
JUS ,hs horns. Tho horns stuck out on each
cp' The reptiles mouth. The native recog-
~ The horns as those OF q buck he owned,
nn ~ nm and got sticks and pinned the SER
s, ublch was dormant. to tho ground. Then
pm, hola OF the horns and pulled and twisted.
us, ,he buck out inch by inch, until half Its
..,ored. and then It CAM with q jerk, and
~. ,ov fell over on his back.
p,,o,e he Ind time to think twice the snake.
-uss.d Of his load OF mutton, was upon him.
a. sei,cd his head in its mouth and In three
S,.r,,, the native had taken the place Of the
,n.. AMY he was all inside; there was nothing
,n an, 10 pull on, even II n rcscuer had come
w. Having swallowed the boy the boa de-
n,.,.,slv swung It's head around and grabbing
a.. ,ol swallowed eight feet OF H.. then closing
zenith and throat. down which the native
..a aloppcared. and making escape absolutely
,~.o..ible. The Trdnsuddl vouchcs TOR the
lWpt,o'SN'
truth OF the story.
p..ide, snas IS Of this ferocious and ingenious
.n,racter, they have lions a-plenty In South
I,,Ie, rs tho following from tho Cape Times OF
Cape Town shows;
~The following Ia an extract from the letter
AZ. roun, Colon!st now In Mashonaland. sent
"a tbo outen's Torn Free Pres. Tho letter 10
written from Belcngwa, q place ITO miles
pu,heast Of Bulawayo:
writing to b last week. I gave an ac-
.ospt Of a rather exciting experience I had with
lion. but since then I have been within two
,,rl, OF them, hearing the brutcs roar. and
,,clnc them devouring cows. l went down to
rynn's ia son OF Mr.. Flynn OF Krcli fame:
\, Il a Native Commissioner of the
s.trict and n very smart young fellow
indeed, 10 dinner. | was walking. as IL Is
oaly three miles from here. I forgot TO take
my rife with me. | stayed at Fynn's until
0 o'clock. and then walked over to the local
store 10 post my letters. leaving there shortly
after 10 to return to my camp. We had been
Spinning yarns OF different lion OK experiences all
the evening. Consequently when | left I was
full OF Lions and their daring habits. However.
| would not show the stor. people that l did
mol, quite like the walk home alone without a
gun. and Sd started. with my terror as q com
panlon. Being In good fettle / did the three
and a half miles In forty minutes. and GOT home
p!ely. Very early next morning I got a
note from Flynn, saying hat within half an
hour OF my leaving the store the lions had
conc down and taken four donkeys belonging
to q prospector. and three calves out OF the
store kraal. all within fifteen yards of the store.
A hunt was organized. and We secured tho
neighborhoo1 without result. returning at J
o'clock in the afternoon. when we found out
that the brutes had also taken and partly eaten
two cows and a calf belonging to Flynn. Flynn,
myself. and orpen nephew Of the treasurer.
decided TO build a scherm "a small hut made Of
poles and tied with green hide) and sit up all
night 10 see II they returned. Well. as i'll luck
would haveit, the night turned up bitterly cold.
with a ~drizzlinC rain. and rs dark as pitch. We
decided to do relief for two hours. and keep
watch. The cows care asses were only within
two yards Of the sclerm.
lions turned up, and announced their presence
with a roar. do not think shall forget 1t.
got hrst shot. and nit his lion badly; In fact. we
thought II was going TO attack the schern. How
see the lions. and could only shoot BY guess
work. got a shot at the next one and missed:
and hi. By iove! He roared and srowi.d,
gnashed his teeth. and tried to make for the
scherm. Flynn hred and hit him again. and we
feit sure OF having secured one Mt last.
PRESENTLY, another came w, and Flynn fired
again but missed. Thu, one cleared. Another
came mp, Flynn fired. and this one cleared also.
All this tinr W. could hear my lion moaning
AND growing. and felt sure we could find him
there In the morning. but, TO our disnppoint-
ment when we got out the brute had gone.
Although great pools OF blood could he traced
where he had rested, we could not follow his
ssSiT 'S Washed mGrs out iAn al s,a6 %'ls q, e, hIS. rain AIN
spent two days IN trying to ind the bodies
Without success. an sorry. as | made so sure OF
having hit and Killed nv one. ] daresay someone
would be fortunate enough to nnd his skin be-
lore destroyed By Glrcs. The whole experience
vas novel and exciting. .orpen did not get a
weaaF' not move. Two we're klli-d some time
sgo T,,h spring guns, This district Is fairly
abou, at might. whether you have a rifle or not"
ssr. aha,her nbun1ant product of South
grams from a South Africa paper:
QvgESsTowy Jan. 2-Nr. Colin white Of Richmond.
, FAN III 4 some locust, TO ay that he met near there.
EcdIe. sHi Ia :, icy Sfs a new klnd. and nave large
"n'e' teaeh' ounce apple. fg. and willow.
moraIn s based b, Jan; : The upeoantry train thi.
sn,r ms,d,n,ty for 100 miles, IL has also been ascer.
haze district, Hey are rrp"rse1 e. be a 4" !" .p srsn'
t,as s~.rns Of 6onpttn.o h 'a,%s Pss, Is n1 IN b sp9,S1i ma
Victoria eountIrs, where tie screen system viii ).
brought Into operation. -"
Last bpt not least they have in South Africa
III. III "'u famous thrte-Card monte game. But
IAN fu tssegss down there don't seem to be very
nm. h \ WIN II yet, or can't see that there Is
-! snoatlhs Ia u. as their story shows.
wnruehtIy NJ Port Elizabeth Joseph stewart
hv ..naiseu before the Magistrate with fraud
RmsanSpl n certain three card game. John
~ hngo gave the GLOWING evidcnce:. I
iLIsnn iarIler ami live at Rhodes. near Barkiy.
fWW,s noIhe on The ?lst instant TO come 10 Port
Hend,,Sn l was accom- panied by Johannes
rsiesaa.u'k van He'rden. and NO travelled second
ID rrsoher and another man, whose name
Rnst'os snow loIned tho train Mt Middleburg
MiIdL.h sunday morning. After the train left
Ike so,rR hoed the prisoner said he should
a M'k with US, and he need
az sun;eet In connection with a game
ssoni wy 10 which only three cards were
Of rsr1' Iir said Ae had been playing n game
"sh"wss win a man. Prisoners friend said:
10 do AZ Us nov TO play that game" He agreed
ylsIti. W unI TOOK Three cards out OF ar ordinary
how 10 " Shrl case. lie showed the other man
hi, cor m V'aS WIN three cards. The prisoner and
einisIn'rah.oh, after the latter had the game
MI "nrt 10 MIN. started to play for money.
los, HmhIanlon or cnufedernte-hrst won, then
sIG, NN%nIH o. them then asked me TO play. /
va, 'ntus on sunday. They then a,ked Mr..
moi; tmneerIet to play. AT first lie would
Avresd :, oring pressed very much he
Herr, I" Stake half a sovereign, and Van
STAKE. H. won. Prisoner suggested that the
teenc y, He 'or ~, lie drew ont a IS note. and
VIZ lllt. Prisoner paiJ snI ,oaL. I. ptn -,