STARTING SNAKE ADVENTURE AT NEW LAMBTON.
The A'<<r<y </;//<■ Mmnhij ■■■■\ * : '"On J?iiin.;iy l.jsf, ~«n l : _\. . i:;,i.Mii. i;.- »[,>« itivily I'll to .tr ami AL"U"n.>.:;.;.'. w> r ■ flaying at "liitK'itu. m■ i k ' v. ;ih ;a:i>.!i"r boy in tnc l.nxli. ii' uv >< w i,a.i'.!•!"!!. I'luldn v and v. i-iv m tin- iv.. of dnnbing a f/ft\ wi.r.h a vi' v.- n> bnim : felifcMiidi-lvm in the I■.ranches ; wl.;N'. "" n So a liivgw gnu-m snaki\ about; !'■• • .'■ long-, was olscntd by tins tub/I ■ ■■;. > > suit l'L;t! fcVoin sniuf! long gi';is-\ an I (•■,.> nit'iuH: climbing tie fata! at'ttn 1 r...c I-";.... 'Ho shouted to i.is companion> w-> l..>k>. u, that, tluro was a snaky pursuing tin in. 'i i <■ boys, siting tht: thing* v tlu >' VVt l ' l ' •"• ' UXi ik> idltntta'avt; but to chuib still injur, which tiny did to a lioi^i.C of marly b:> fta:fc, tl u snaktr Still t'o,lowing tin in. ami utouc turns tusarly gut li >ldof .u'i>om>-;g;. « font. Wlitn tins buys cliutUd as high ;u----tiny could they goe on a branch, whica was not a vtry strung turn, 'i'lns sual.c iliil not piu'suu thciu further, but u topped nml pvcvmtcd the boys t'l'uni vttimnug. Tin? boyn i-i-maum-d in thine peri torn* petition, and screamed at the too- vi tin if voices for assistance. VV'htn, 6. ey bail llOtnV fcilfc'l'B t'oC about t>aU-atldu>!U\ McDonough's t'athe.v was attracted to tinspot, and seising t.'it> danger the 1.-ov.t in: i in, called upon thtnu to come down.. T<.ey lit first hisitattd, but hu.-diy the boy McDtmough getting a pit-eu ot stick iu h.Land, went forward 1 and struck at the stutko with the- stick, ami aftersome' tin hit it on thy head, causing' tt to tall backward a fi'oiu thw *«,•«» Ptt to tnt) gnmnd, Wlifv« i(j was- unickly despatch yd. ri'luboys tiheti db's«t>niU'd,. tmileutty rnvtcli frigh(ißn«d by thuti* advt-nturtv Votnig MuJ>t>nt»«gii said that iw could not liav«s> held on much lunger, as hj« was* gttting weak. FWsoo* l who bava st«» tUe trt« ttfu lurprujtd liaat tin; liuib- <ou which Uiu
boys were hanging did not break with their weight ; had it done so, nothing couttl ha'v saved the hw.4 fn«n death.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 298, 7 April 1877, Page 3
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354STARTING SNAKE ADVENTURE AT NEW LAMBTON. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 298, 7 April 1877, Page 3
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