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Show CORDED A CROCODILE. Turning a Greedy Water Devil Into Trueied Up Mummy. It Is known that a crocodile will sometimes leave a river stocked with" food, explore for miles nn unsuitable tributary, then wander Inland until It finds n pool. In this vn"y three crocodiles once found their way to Tnlplng lake. In the Mnlaynicnlnsula. Bo long as they confined their attention to tho flsh and an occasional duck no one objected to their presence, but when one of them began to tnko sheep off the bank as they enmo dorfn to drlrlk It wns felt that the saurlans ought to bo exterminated, exter-minated, and an Englishman and his servant made the attempt. Obtaining a dugout, they paddled into deep water. The servant wns already barefoot, and the Cngllsbmun himself took off shoes and stockings, so that his bare feet might have as 'good n hold as iiosslbte on the smooth bottom of the cuuoe. A bnlt was attached at-tached to a heavy rattan, and soon n tug and a plunge Indicated that the crocodile was fast to one end. Immediately Im-mediately the canoe began to movo through the water. After n protracted struggle the Englishman managed to get tbe crocodile within a few yards of the canoe. At onp moment the open Jaws would surge out of the broken water and snap together In unpleasant proximity to tho "men's legs; the next moment the henvy tall would swing free of the water nnd with the weight of n falling pole would hit the side of tho ennoo a blow tliut made It shiver. As tbe crocodile surged close to the canoe and the open mouth appeared above the water the servant slipped n noose of stout cord over the upper Jaw and pulled It tight some six inches behind be-hind the point of Its nostrils. Then, with a quick turn of bis wrist, be slipped slip-ped the slack of the cord round under the lower Jaw. He drew the cord tight, and the teeth of each Jaw pressed press-ed homo Into the sockets of tbe other. The servant now grasped the point of tbo long, narrow head with one hand and with tbe other rapidly wound tbe cord rouud the clinched mouth. Another noose wns slipped over a fore leg. it pulled tbe leg up to tbe animal's side. The servant slipped tbe line over the creature's back and caught up the other fore leg. Then be goosed und tied together tbo hind legs. The effect he had achieved was wonderful. won-derful. In a few minutes be had transformed a ravening water devil Into h trussed up mummy, and bis only weapon had been three pieces of box cord. The beast was afterward dispatched, and the servant received the government govern-ment reward. Harper's Weekly. |