Show alist in story in the month of july four or five years ago I 1 was out shooting in with a friend of mine in Guz crat we had fairly good luck and as wo were making our way to the railway station to catch the early train lack to I 1 noticed my friend who was shooting in line on my left suddenly point liis gun at something on the ground and fire and en asking what it was he said it was a large blade cobra and that he had shot it in two pieces the head portion disappearing down r hole As we were in a hurry to catch the train we went on but very soon heard one of the beaters calling and looking back saw him running toward us with the head portion of th snake following him with the hood cs it appeared that he had remained behind trying to dig out jhc cobra and the result was that it calne out of the hole and went tor him af course the snake could not get much mu ch pace on and was quickly killed journal of the bombay natural history society |