pitched battle with snakes sturdy old farmers 0 of f udine ral ionly Y watch out where they to do their promenading these days dais fol following jowl jig the dispersion of the he snake jamboree which was hold bield in the courtyard court ard of a farmhouse beneath the protective cloak of a huge haystack several women were removing the lie tiny hay when hundreds of vipers pers Itil italis lyK only poisonous poi onous snake began to their wily out front from underneath the pile doors were slammed and peasants armed with spades and scythes went to war they had killed about 50 ia vipers apers when a six felt foot font adder snake with it n pair of sparkling eyes crawled over our thu the top op anil and charged cliar Ked the enemy tile the women the ho harrel harred house doors for their men inen tills time later on in the day tile the ap pp again attacked the haystack but meanwhile the visiting Ni snakes had departed leaving the dead unburied on the field of action