The Montagu correspondent of the Cape Town Dutch paper "Die Burger," writes:—"We all knew that nightadders were to be found in our dorp, but that there were cobras in our midst, and that in the vicinity of the principal street, no one dreamed. Mr James Knel, who lives in Bath street, noticed recently that his cow was not yielding so much milk as usual,, and the idea occurred to him that someone visited the cow during the night and milkedit. The other day while the ooy (native) was cleaning the stable T :: bed $ e thieves I** beneath some straw. They were three cobras. ™»*«+f sen *? n « of death was immtlk ££ r!? 1 . out - A quantity of th£e » f ° UZld :n ths °f tho
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 7
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123Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 7
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