Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1892 — A Furious Snake. [ARTICLE]

A Furious Snake.

An intelligent Burman told me that a friend of his one day stumbled upon a nest of serpents and immediately retreated, but the old female gave chase. The man fled with all speed over hill and dale, dingle and giade, and terror seemed to a Id wings to his flight, till reaching a small river he plunged in. hoping he had then escaped this fiery enemy; but lo! on reaching the opposite bank, up reared the furious Hamadryad, its dilated eyes* glistening with rage, ready to bury its fangs in his trembling body. In utter despair he bethought himself of his turban, and in a moment dashed it upon the serpent, which darted upon it like lightning, and for some moments wreaked its vengeance in furious bites, after which it returned quietly to its former haunts.—Letter from India.