The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-01
A. Heart of Venezuela.
erorts in the Little-Known
rrocodiles and AnacondaS.

4sr N0rld-the ha'lhC ol DANGER
" and yenomous reptiles. The
- ...rsd ranchmen who inhabit
,5+o he an exceptionally hardy
n5 III their perpetual struggle
'',.o.- IT is eminently the sur
Sucartest.
Nr. to August rain falls so
continuously that during
.-.rY4st of the year the whole
tt.a better than one vast
;.-..s e-ar people and cattle are
BE little pools, perish in
w.. are destroyed by ALI
.eu piece meal 10y caribe
AIMED voracious little
r.esH most of the atfiuents
.t and are death to any
,slryer size which they
Hers. Humboldt calls
-4t->I Scourge of this eli
..-. uobody dares to battle in
. baths are so doubly
a 5suu Of stings of mos
m .aral irritation of the
ra ,..uu Indians who live
.s Hed lands of the great
f-.. uavo. III huts raised on
nj. water, are the only
.. .alv use for the ravenous
-Nug no dry ground in
tleir dead, they have
5.a ION of preserving the
, t.Mg deceased relatives sus-
rn g roofs of their dwell
..mU to prepare the skeleton
.u-4 corpse in the water
d ut end of a strong rope,
,.- -aa ,4el to one of the house
,,tDAleH hours time the tiny
AZ. shipped it clean of flesh,
4. u8 trudons. Says Ramon
.,s eUazuelan historian: Dur
Z aal a inundation Of the sa-
aayr 1Valrupeds persisted by
las ID tAt vernal deluge, the
.p, rurle field for their vO-
Tie pfey with equal fierce
w ae Young calves when wad-
ugI tar marshes and upon the
IS g.us adders they so mutilate
/, auag ones frequently die
;solU Qr's hment.
.tls SEASON the poor cattle lead a
BE u- Hose that escape the
y r- aribe, the coil of that
g.t-r 5rpent, the anaconda, or
.sa ID. 44ually dreaded croco-
r.w' niai danger of falling a
u -o. u OF the jaguar while
A., .u places left dry amid
ny waters. None escape the
...c.tng of the myriad insects
M waters Subside fill the
VT. ID. ent, when all created
,g f. enormous vampires,
-ioomy recesses of the
.er rH the backs of the sui
al" HDe tIeir life-blood, all the
4.s Hm with the Tapping of
act, it seems as if in
.-N nj elements conspire
& -atures."
". ".en one goes a-hunting,
-. byplay as rabbits and
~ huge crocodiles and
@t after is hunted for
IT, AIich makes excellent
etc, which will out
"...L The fat, too, is
-N-.i W burning and as oint-
Adtism. | saw an i'm
Eyed INTO camp by means
s lr 4, the tail of a horse,
@ '' aa opportunity to ex-
s .ts they were furnished
At0t slap and crooked teeth,
.aa0' jst looks. The average
@ aLi5, crush such large prey
'u. e,s. but holds it secure
.''s -su'rrhooks until its strug
''s i'oa sheer exhaustion: yet
-'-I attacks full-grown, power
IS .9'NH ably aiming at the ami
l't5 aN when once its terrible
a'a D-eu buried in the flesh its
oe-i -sapes. | am told that it
-.sa'G -3l 4 bull to tear a snake
~ l's violent struggles, and
4.a'o' loudly at the head of his
WIFI .at ploody trophy dangling
. a.ae Where the crooked teeth
Na .&eu 1t is, said that the
"oH opon the soft mud of
''N ipGn which he lies out
'' exc an immense log, is some
"'j'e.ous There is neither
"' stamps to which he may
himself. yet a horse cannot
w." YARD until he has first been
'4g Both the gigantic water
' .te aiacondas gorge them
WIN Whole deer at once, and
'''' I'D ae for muscular strength.
Two the anaconda is most
'' and bold, and woe to the un-
''' OF heifer which, painting
""N '1ifst, uncautiously ap-
pinot which happens to be
'f his suakeship. In an
.' coils of the monster are
''" and a fearful crushing of
'elp.