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Show Australian Snake Stories. A cat at Mr. H. Fry's coach establishment establish-ment had a determined conflict with a large black snake, about four feet lone last Sunday. She succeeded in getting a hold near the snake's head, and kept her hold while his snakeship writhed and curled until his fate was sealed. It was one of the largest snakes that we have heard of a cat dispatching. One of the features of puss', feat was that her kittens were near, and, much to her distress came unsuspectingly around her during her conflict with her deadly antagonist A sensational snake yarn comes from Upper Pulhtop station. A bevy of voung ladies were enjoying the music of a piano, and as the music vibrated and thrilled several of them heard a peculiar kind of ! noise, like something creeping against the carpet behind the piano. They after a time adjourned to the verandah. Some'' person entering the room immediately afterward, discovered an immense black snake disporting himself on the carpet. The reptile was quickly destroyed. He proved to be a boomer, six feet long, and well built in proportion. The consternation consterna-tion of the young ladies when it was discovered dis-covered from whence the noise had proceeded pro-ceeded may be better imagined than described. de-scribed. It is thought the snake, liking the ladies' sodety, was about to join them on the verandah. Sydney Evening News. |