Show KING SNAKE AND an MOCCASIN the th little desperate Dp orte fight with a venomous ophidian ll philadelphia times DAVIS davia texas july 18 the king snake is the forider of all nil ophidians ns A diminutive ined men ec arcely more than three feet in length ic nath yet the little fellow ia is BO so active eo so wary and is endowed with such opre pluck pi licit that as 03 his implies he lie is truly and ill unquestionably the king of th the e amily family I 1 wai was out of pe ccarles or musk hogi bogs and eat bat down under a bunch I 1 of chaparral near a stream of water to rest and to eat a bito bite of lunch while thus employed I 1 was tome some what startled to bee a moccasin come com dali dashing n g ih through roi I 1 h t the grass wim within a r couple 1 e 0 of f yards ot roe me and go dashing aad head over heel s so to speak splash into the water after him like a shot was an elongated g streak of green in be he went too and then I 1 knew there was wag fun in store the water was a sor sort t of pool without much afan of an inlet oi or outlet and by going across saad and rocks or by coming back on there again neither combatant comba tent could escape sure enough after racing and tearing around in the pool like mad both pursuer and pursued emerged from the opposite side and proved to be oa as I 1 thought a cottonmouth moccasin and a rather small king snake the latter was after the other however and before the big fellow gave up the race or could throw himself into an attitude of defence the king snake was up on him the sole and entire power of the latter r reptile lies in his wa wonderful constricting ability ho ile has no fang no poison noth ing to attack or defend himself with save his big coil but these are so marve marvellously powerful andio and so terrible in in compressing that nothing in the animal or reptile world according accordi cordi DI to size can begin to compare with it h h him im for this decla especial pecla i quality no sooner had bad the moccasin stopped and turned to defend himself than like lightening his enemy jumped upon him and pro proceeded ceede 1 I to squeeze the life out of hid his ugly carcass tighter and th tighter ahter g grow r ow the coils always arranged so that the big one could not strike and pretty soon the kings body was nearly lost to view so slender hid it grown from constriction and so deep was he in the fat flesh odthe of the moccasin it looked like a green reen cord wound tightly around t the bg e latter at a body atlant at la 3 t the moccasin ceased ro re sib tanco and allowed hij body to hang loose and inert for tea fen minutes longer did the king snake hold his grip then gradually gradual fy loosened it but al always ways ready to reau realma in 3 his bs squeezing should his enemy ex h hibit any I 1 signs g no of life finally he u uncoiled u coiled himself entirely saw the maccann was no more turned hu his back on the scene and went gliding off through the brush in some parts of texas kin king 9 snakes are quite numerous I 1 la U the lowlands and especially in meadows and river bottoms they are found in areat great numbers no body harms them t I 1 iem neither whites nor negroes and even lexi mexicans calls geem seem to understand their good qualities tor for they selden if ever kill one when soldier soldiers are in camp an and d find a great many king snakes in the vicinity they know it 1 is I a good a sign ibe g for poisonous snakes will vi 11 bleer steer clear r of that locality and n never ever visit it while there is one of the royal breed about |