Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
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a huge snake which writhed and Kissed
and thrust ort us tongue and tried 70
strike with AL It's onvenomed power
The Santos face and arms We're
SCARED with snake-btes, but as he
ltured 10 and fro and around the circle
of SPECTATORS which promptly wilened
ai bis apprOuch-he would bring the
makes head 10 his own mouth and
thrust out bis tongue tIll It touched the
Ferpeut8 faugs The reptile seemed to
bite the tongue repeatedly, but with no
effect upon the luuatic except that
few drops OF blood triclScd down his
breast and drew forth another and
larger snake--a notified fellow fully
seven feet long lie twisted the two
serpents together and leased them in
every way until they became frantic
with range. when he would thrust them
toward the spectators who scattered In
all directions, Remembering that the
street was barely five feet wide and
that we-a handful Of hated "unbellev-
ers," must run the gauntlet Of dancing
lunatic and furious serpents. / think
YOU win agree that # not a hair breadth
escape. II was at least an unenyiable
moment
IT seemed 10 be particularly good
day for snakes I'm Tangier Directly In
front Of the spot where our luggage
was now scattered on the quay, await.
ing the final wise, a "charmer' had taxi
en- mp bis stand His performance was
assisted by IA band consisting of ma
tive violin and two stringless snare
drums but his own savage yels and
cries, as he exhibited his reptiles,
drowned the discord Of the instruments.
There was n bag full Of scrpents, Of
varying sizes He pulled out the big
gest. what prevented the rest from
taking refuge In our luggage ! do not
know and after going through SER
ies Of cont0rtions with Il, he sliced
II IN the middle with his teeth ana
held II in his mouth while diving into
the bag for two smaller snakes. These
he ende8vored 10 make bite each other,
still retaining the other great wriggler
I'm Ais teeth. They natly refused TO
isht though smartly plnched, until he
applied their heads to his own forehead,
nose and eyes Then they woke up 10
business as nobody could blame them
for doing. and struck repeatedly with
all the fury that was In them. The
man did not move a muscle though
blood tricEled from the bites. Then he
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big one by its teeth, suspended In the
air; and various other performances
were IN progress when we finally res
cued our belongings and got away from
The unpleasant nelghbOrhOod. This
mans face like the Santos. was cows
erred with snake-bite scars yet he APP
pcared In robust health II Is said
that the snakes are really poisonous.
one bite being sufficient 10 kin an orr
binary individuals bur the Charmors
eat a certain plant which serves as on
antldote.
We were extremely glad OF an oppov-
tunity to call at Ceuta, the famous
penal colony our vessel having some
business at that rarely visited port
is "a small, but bold and rocky PENN.
sula. iuttiug out eastward into The
Mediterranean directly opposit- CHI
raltar and separated from the great
British stronghold by a channel only
fourteen miles wide Though IN
the empire OF Morocco, e belongs 10
Spain. having been taken by the Por-
tugese in some early wars and 9u-
annexed to Spain with Portugal I'm 1850.
And Spain has held it ever since,
through seiges iunumerablc though
Sultan Maiai lsmail clamored gt IT'S
gates with an his army Never was
a town more beautifully situated
rising tier above tier amphithoatrical
fashion, from the blue Mediterranean
90 the Seven Hills behind, whose tops
seem TO touch the glowing sky The
village ITSELF Is clean and we'll built
in the Spanish style; the houses bright
with pink, blue, yell0w and purple
stucco, or surmounted with handsome
IRON wrought balconies filed with
flowers and trees planted on both sides
Of the street The civil population Il
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