A Battle in the Grass.
A fight between a rattlesnake and a black snake was recently witnessed near Fort Worth. The black snake forced the fighting, gliding around in swift oircles, white the rattlesnake lay coiled. The circles grew smaller, and the rattlesnake appeared confused as the black snake drew closer. His rattles ceased to give oat their u<jnal sharp sound, and his head dropped as if vertigo was seizing him. The black snake seized, by a lightning movement, the rattler by the throat, and, winding about him, the two rolled over and over together. In a few moments the rattlesnake ceased to breathe. An examination of the dead body of the rattlesnake revealed a fracturo in the opine as complete as if done by a blow with a club. The rattlesnake measured five feet and three inches. — Harper's Young People.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1809, 9 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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141A Battle in the Grass. Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1809, 9 February 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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