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A serval meets a snake
Identifier: huntingtrappings00pric (find matches)
Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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eat speed. The leopard is reckoneda good climber but the orang would overtake it in no time. A full grown male orang-utan, in perfect health and strength, frequentlymeasures over seven feet when its arms are included, and this is no beast fora poor miserable man to tackle unless he has the best of rifles and is sure ofhis aim. He will but seldom kill an orang at the first shot, and the best hecan hope to do is to check its rush but woe betide him if he misses altogether,for in spite of its great bulk the orang-utan is wonderfully quick and willcharge its enemy like lightning. Many a hunter has paid with his life for his ignorance while huntingthis great ape. The orang does not seem to be so very strong and itsclumsy build, and shuffling movements give the impression that it is not agile,but no greater mistake can be made. The natives of Sumatra tell manystories of the orang-utans and their feats of strength and great endurance,and surely they ought to know what they arc talking about.
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A MEETING AMONG THE BRANCHES. A SERVAL MEETS A SNAKE It has been said that at one period of the worlds history, man made apet of an animal very like, but much larger than, the ordinary cat. Now ifthe people of today were to need a more powerful cat than the one theyhave, the Serval would probably get the job. The serval is much larger than the tabby, but smaller than themountain lion ; the latter itself is not a very big member of its family. Theserval is easily tamed and becomes very affectionate and playful, but it ismore or less of a dangerous creature to have around. As long as it is notteased, or its temper aroused, it is safe enough, but once it is angry nounarmed man could face it. Its claws and teeth are long and sharp. The serval is pretty, graceful and wonderfully active. It is long-leggedand is able to spring great distances. It can climb very well when itwants to although it does not often do so. A traveller, while passing through a small jungle, saw a serval intentlywatch