Pursued by a Snake.
The Hamilton Spectator, Victoria, h responsible. for tKe |ollowihg story:— " It is sajl^hnffwonncycliflts were tecently travelling" down -hil'^ when the foremost/ on'ilookmg 1 behind,^ It6rTifiedat.^eeiag- ai snake : with: itej taJl.ifa its mouth rushing after-: him. lorHo -eased the ; bxeak, .pyrt; . o^ileg po,w,er, iwhirle(l'down:the;:inclina at lightning speed, arid %*' distanced ■«!& , pursue? that on arriving at the flat, cojjiitry 1 ttie r^p'tite w'iis'nbt to Be seen. "jheHrcull.ar .'ana^e wa? aftcrwirds, "fouivbVHud battered by a Voliel, wlip 'Je^at' for :dead :j -and' subWjHeintiy jcHrcied,iby isonfelaiighing jackasses m a high tree, 'whetfb,- m jears to cdme 1 ,- ite muf tie lilalfsed as a .^wing/by the ! youhg ••■irieipi'. ( hereof :^e Wd^lumi^. ;f A ;;in--1 speclicn has.proved..that ,l(fc: is ;notiiing morje.jQti'le^s tha^ tlio r indWrubbqr, tire rwhich slipped >o& p\iQ machine . usfid-by 'the'liiby'6iist^ifeonatpanion. ''•;'! ;, i :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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131Pursued by a Snake. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2
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