12-FOOT PYTHON
CALCUTTA, May 22 Workmen engaged in the construction of a building at Tollygunge. a suburb of Caleuita, wen- start led a few days ago to see a python 12 loot long wriggling its way through the works. One of the men pinned its head Lcnoaili a sack, and it was finally secured under a packing-ease. Most ot the moil, however, refu-ed to continue work, and it was decided that it would he necessary to cage the creatin' in order to remove it. Eventually some native Ojhas (magicians) appeared who chanted incantations over the snake, rendering it apparently quiescent, when four daring spirits were sufficiently bold to smother the snake with sacks and force if into a cago.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1923, Page 3
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11912-FOOT PYTHON Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1923, Page 3
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