Show I 1 aw 71 A a 5 1 Y I 1 17 T MV ut I 1 v t 01 SNAKES an python hunt in bouth south africa it the or Im buA fliman linian ot bouth south africa imi As one demty that tickles him palate wor thin ethan any oth er it is bated python tho the alth althe altage nipe species of giner tilly known nf the tile boa constrictor Thelin thes I 1 is from froin tint that employed in their pursuit of any other rane in as while a body of lit hit or men la Is engaged in the tile chaw chase the action beloncis belon ix alonsi cos to one on man nian inthe in abe search and to two at tl the end during ray sojourn in fn africa lonce I 1 once met sparry parr yol ol 01 but hinen who hero about to n p polion hunt write writes IV F pond in iho onha a companion I 1 kney ul of the men I 1 las aas carious cil riou to pea fee their method MUM of ting the python p and left ft our out c aeils on tile to join them thein A days 1 journey brought its uell ell in to gotlie tile tai yleta ii at bush ill hile we ire camped 1 for the nah scouts UNTO v out in all directions in in pearch on trails bo be far as I 1 could bearn tetide consisted about the pools irole and dry I 1 kleofe or water courses cou race 1 I hat the were I 1 could not it WM was lato late the ItI lowing day rhen our scouts returned with the lion that there ere trace tracer of two large reptiles rep tilee about two horab tramp carly the next morning tho the was made we had lind not proceeded far ar before tho tile forest bedonia dense the trea their arnison nr nison all sides and alid it was mas with biffi light filter fd ed tin tho garn forcen turning the tin fill 0 it kind of oft hicL green cecii 1 11 binik liazo hazo that mado made the ali teea acne until ther became accuse 0 wed to it and caubet ali the pupils to dilate until they gl gleamed earned lilu those of a rep tile idere if ere and there a rou rough h path WAR broken theoph ph tho the rough anler gr crowth ewt 11 ei by the tile p isago of a rom elephant or otner giant of the in aoda foodim nis his li a ay y through t the lie nearest pool cheso acre the daurt of tho the pythons coiled around a lead motionless booling like lil a pari part of 0 the tree the reptiles for the bassage of some lita winch which they way devour 11 here mereiram iram a clarions solita goh tulee les tho the in loes of a email small snake tho the tu liter of a grasshopper or a locust tho the hoot of an or the occa acca bignal of a monkey our party wae as into tens tells party spread them sels out with juet just enough space betheen each two men to enable 0 them thern to scan e aery er y tree end and cery ciery open space vi while title the tenth man nian remained somo div ian n tire rear I 1 did not know until later what n lint lind land become of him hill I 1 wa was between doctu cen two nainee nati es and eini sini py t threaded hr e a d ed my tt ay as quietly as I 1 could ul d not no t ering myself with 1 till try to a lie aril any in I 1 could coul d to rely tin dini pe eves of the n at I 1 r pe and tho the kno knowledge uledge th ill t n m lien the quarry was avas found I 1 b brou ti ronit glit to it for sivo arnis the thies had hail only their pun lut but terr elo arrons which inato ad of stinking king in the oa as in the now slung upon their backs in a rude bark qui quiver rear eccli man carried i thin cord of sinnet or twisted bark iber fiber about us as thick as a thread arld ava perhaps irom from chaps sixty to eighty yards in length e en bad ni usual companioni compa niona dout boulle ia express press 3 rule weighing about ten pounds and sighted ight cid to the breadth ot of a hair binns nv it r civo noami into air waa was coot cool but the tile half light deemed seemed to ha hae e the property to render iti it oppressive I 1 wm bitting gitting git ting very ery tired when volien tho the peculiar harsh chirp struck my air eie that is gen gien by the illustrious little bird which bich does for the tb rhinoceros the duty thit ia some sonae tindes performed by the filie conal of civilization I 1 ian half turned instinct ively corx expecting to eee see or bear the relence of the monarch monar cli which tho the eird bird attended it wae was not single chirp hone hov oever ver but a dozen continuous oles OUS that to start away oft off on my left hand hard and pass over to ny my riot I 1 knew therefore that it was wan 4 A signal passing from one native a to another and I 1 turned to tho the one nearest to learn rn the reason every native was s standing perfectly abill the ule one on my left ift hand gave two hurried chirps and then beckoning me to follow turned abruptly to the left and led ne fully MIT yarda yards before we reached the tle point from which the sound had F started tatted there we found a a tall 8 sinewy nea native lying flat upon tha the gr ground I 1 with every muscle quivering as lie listened listen through the sound of our a approach pro h for any movement on the part of 0 the ge he had located A hurried conversation took place and one of the men disappeared ared to mal ke a detour to a certain point then tha toll tall fellow rho lizal found the quarry beckoned roe me to follow him skirting along the side of an elephant track he led wi about feet lor dorward Tor ward avoiding every holding bolding back every leaf AS we SIOU flonly IY made our wa way Y to a pot where the path narrowed perceptibly at AV exa ING quivering with cici and pointing with his sinewy arm my my guide indicated ft laree marge tr tree boina distance in root one of the boughs of winch me med gnarled and twisted in A wa way uch auch as no other tree ever wae was sit eaid y denly a portion of the bough I 1 to and swayed to and fro I 1 saw that it was the head an ani I 1 rie beok of a 4 huge hup python doubtless bistu ted t ed by its instinctive knowledge ot of our lim presence sence in I 1 an in instant my rifle was i tay iny shoulder for I 1 bato a snake more than anything rise else iu the ills world A touch recalled to me the conscious ness that I 1 was a guest not a ann principal I 1 in the bunt hunt and I 1 relue reluctantly dropped zev 07 rifle and wat watched raly gut guide e e tellin telling me not to move c der an any 7 circumstances be he slipped into the ath and discharged an arrow in the direction ol 01 the reptile to ay my sur the casal bar barrally ramlY above the taake and fell ell away up tie path tak 9 A are 11 meno and nd I 1 could no under stand why to easy maark was missed d men I 1 turned tamed 47 7 lead I 1 fo fouad tatt tha bcd pt and be int illi lancaon lan cdon I 1 still A attracted my attention and looking clo closely sebr I 1 SAW x thin thread which had ei ident a 1 I 1 SK 1 LJ I 1 I 1 W 74 t t I 1 I 1 ly been attached to th the arrow alir drawn along and then re r 1 h by a stouter outer ard all then A why the arrow bad bateu hot 0 of or the tle reptile ile tin python De little disturbed at HIM tile rusti lug made by th lie t cord but refrained upon tim tile licit by Ilynn antl dby by the cord corol tait eni arid thru their to lam e toy jerls an o it 0 cometh lag were bring baui d nw au it n along by it w alle I 1 beard the mound of footfall the a t WI its te letita baret the ion bonz li luoni upper part ol 01 if its body in the thi air and 1 enica gait ai dowil thy thOl path lAth n etli it if e M bazing like stars Bt iiri atoo body t thickened saes c pried aid at A wid ill it brew baracato tho tile 1 branch bran cli caoili and ready fot lot action elare th toot stepi cattle and nete ne te cr alid at lial tere ti d in the tile center oft ot the lie anth 1 the t lie direct d erect ion on front wind m hit it we it aaa alck r fault re es long ong C toti otril to which was aunch ea the cord that had been carried by tho tl 0 arrow t A TJ ta 1 G natt 1 tin arrow lind had in liot shot forward bovard 1 tile dwhit bierc llie the man who lied nud the detour hod land LO 0 ir nady to recel a it hooting thena tise who mut the ni rou and attached the eli st I 1 into to bortt a icat tit enking kill tile ford cord atiat li Is d the foro fort most anan lad 1 dd drann ita olia talitia the goat constant antio pull p ull at the litavic in her nostrils had hail walked val ked quietly corvi forward ard in abt dianee to the tile it us I 1 le hearted leur tied inter that the leen carried by the tenth in in hp followed follon follo ned cd ait ala a to noid mold tho ani noise ard tins as U I 1 it ei jia tho no ati linal appeared to cacno kanovi ledge u tr 0 of the I 1 lie lim tence of the python and attly along follon fol loning lug the ilia Irn Min of 11 the cord ad it it licitra I 1 stood I 1 it t evidently and bleated As it did so the it pt chott tit ito iw lead with a nul ill 1 k jirl 1 could we iwo its e en es lazo again A berk rk oath 0 the lord tord tet set the animal moving and it ae nun nott it afew few fact ft cl oft ortho he bondi around u kiili the n lot do was coiled As it unde menth tile the therol fol 0 of the lingo huge enal e could he seen it ork ing as forcing the tile lon lo n of tho tire bo ly out of the coils roils around thelima th the climb limb and into hint that part p rt chich another moment moni anti ti tile bind crest raised itself ite vernl P r A I 1 feet into abot ll 11 ilir nn it 1 to and fro ro as if gath rim it nn fill I 1 then with a hidden dar the liena ahot fo ruarI in downnard direct ion ani at struck ru ck t the beg on the A a aloud bl blent t of anin iel pain terror A around of 0 dark broili a flittering off leall leave and arid then I 1 saw the tile cot COAL completely en eloped by theol sol thu the on nile onile ile and dead already the tile ii nishca wr now doling closing up ull and many dark faces could be feu feut around me nie curiously frering ith the curtain of leaves at tile vit iiii of 1 their coming feast I 1 it that the bennke could the tho animal but tile 1 marvel vas then men tho the rephila ilzo lazily coiled itself in and the state of torpor which accola ito dig atie a bean began Then the native atnes told me ine that a watch olse ot several cral houra hours must take place before the python could li be moved vince altho althous alt houi uRb it vas was r seemingly C torpid 1 the e ei es were open and any approach would be dangerous it teemed foslien foo listi to wait villi ahna aa rifle ball fettle settle the matter hi ill A few ir mutes but I 1 wanted to see tee bole proceeding KILLED BY AK AN arrow at bat a native and anti shot an arrow straight through tho center of the py pythons thona bead bet between the ayea for n few minutes the hupe reptile thrashed about and glnn fob JIM I 1 sided dead de et still ri nu rill cular jerks on bem wil touched or novel a the tail tall will not riot die until a ei it down bud the chief we kemu nau t I 1 liao 0 it I 1 I 1 irandy ran my tape oer the anake alit measured twenty five feet and ome the natives uzan to prepare tile body for transportation it as hed bailed into pieces six feet leet long and an d these them pieces supported byloos by loops of barl bark fiber were slung upon lowhigh 9 and earned sli shoulder high to inci MCI to each piece in clue time we no readied reached tho the oln where out our first camp had land been and then tho the preparations for the feast began A STAKE A nu numb rn bi rot natica dug a long 1 trench with to sir spears othe lathered pa gR and ot liers leave o 0 the stones N ere placed in the ilia and dry sticks were piled upon them and set on fire ellid kru was re antil the stores were quite hot bleu the ember embers were fanned lanned out ont and the coils of tho the make snake co covered er 11 vilh vitt wet lea leaves es through gh which the attain rose in clouds from time to time more water waa io al thrown on carsi car tully ully until nt at let latt no steam rose leava eaves isare then and rid without ceremony or car carmint vint finx every native went too it and find nail nad in to the fealt fen it was an ory orvy that passes description and may be ian perhaps per bapa when I 1 say any that bv not a T left ani and 1 even the marrow had botn ticked from the tho backbone sevenia ut f t alif I 1 or natives took joints joint 9 of the bone ali filial irl elern tl m with tobacco and used them for r ripe I 1 per for por Fe federal eral hours the entire bam 1 l were totally incan incapable able of movement I 1 had bad to saunter nebout until their lit fit of overfeed inz should P cafe 19 anav TUB nin lymons m bose MATE WATE MAIN LAI it lt was waa vry pry fortunate J did ilia po about dawn the tile follo following wlM tiny iny til tilt camp wae wait perfectly q qun 11 it t nie toni catl es lay jay about lilo II loi andi o 0 1 was my hick back abatta s t a funar tree and khinki n I 1 I 1 beard heard A heavy rustling on the andr growth opposite me and almost in mediately taw the head and body 0 a python issue from the shade it t wae was the mate of the one OD we ire haa killed attracted by MI went followed on inisi ion of ance A d d not give it lucli clarina however I 1 attracted its attention by aya A abort noise caning can a ing is i to bold hold ftp it bead for A i I 1 tool aim and put ft A bullet into its head bead an i killed it almost instantly had this th reptile altrick the sleeping ele slee epin pin I 1 raina who can cay ray abat it wowe have done when the S ashmen their de do U light lit knew no bound and feast wae was organized I 1 was tired ol 01 wa wain maitral itral however aad d by tle me P po poage aae c of a liberal sal ct of tobacco I 1 ia im ducted one OTIO of tho men to rae bacs my int own camp pa V 4 1 I 1 4 J |