. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. AXIS DEER Struck. In a flash one coil was around the buck, quickly followed by a second. The victim was not strong enough to fly with its enemy hanging on to it, but instead it struck out, right and left, with its horns, inflicting a fearful wound in the snake's side. But the reptile did not wince, instead its glisten- ing coils tightened mercilessly, and the buck collapsed. Then. the great snake uncoiled and lay looking at its prey. Again it ratsed its head and the hunter fired. The snake wound up like a huge watch spring, and then
. Big game hunting for boys, North America and Asia. Hunting. AXIS DEER Struck. In a flash one coil was around the buck, quickly followed by a second. The victim was not strong enough to fly with its enemy hanging on to it, but instead it struck out, right and left, with its horns, inflicting a fearful wound in the snake's side. But the reptile did not wince, instead its glisten- ing coils tightened mercilessly, and the buck collapsed. Then. the great snake uncoiled and lay looking at its prey. Again it ratsed its head and the hunter fired. The snake wound up like a huge watch spring, and then as swiftly straightened out and fell to lashing with its tail. Again and again, the tail smashed against the buck, knocking its body about as though it weifrhed nothing. But even a python cannot stand an. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hyde, John, 1874- [from old catalog]. New York, McLoughlin brothers
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