The Snakes of Fresno. John Muir Says They Will Kill Hogs and Eat Rabbits. . . . Some Queer Experiences of a Geologist in the Hights [sic] of the Sierras.
**r* «S**T'- "I Tay out alone when night ^overtook me for ten years in the mountains and was never disturbed. There are far more rep-j tiles down here m the c'ty, I would rather |, brave Gila monsters, and rattlera^and ,™i«J t Indians, and tarantulas than life.m the'city. . N...
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| Summary: | **r* «S**T'- "I Tay out alone when night ^overtook me for ten years in the mountains and was never disturbed. There are far more rep-j tiles down here m the c'ty, I would rather |, brave Gila monsters, and rattlera^and ,™i«J t Indians, and tarantulas than life.m the'city. . NOT SO DEADLY AS THE CAR.'.- , . " Here you stand more chance of getting j killed by a brick or a cobblestone, .or a ca- I ble car.--There-ia no comparison between! cable cars and snakes. I have always felt i like saying a good word for a rattlesnake, I but I dWtwantto make a companion'of hitrw I could say the same of many other animals.- Count-up the people In California killed by the cable-car, and you will find that the snake record ia broken. "Chief Engineer Montague of the Central Pacific used io te'.L about a great den of living arid dead rattlers he found on- the America** river. It was wonderful His, report ought to- be among the Central t Pacific's archives,but I don't know-whether Kt is or not.- Still, I am .'convinced the snake Liinot so deadly-as'trre street-car."., E1SMEESI, J8M.ffliL»s;;flieT Will Kill Hoesv V v. and EatJaMi-- A BATTLEBr LIKE'A POST.' ! ¥■—. -h Some IJaeer Bxjtrieaces of a fiubtfst ia the | l Mights of Ihfl- Sierras. i John Muir, the noted geologist and natu-; ralist who discovered the great Muir j glacier in Alaska, and traveled for ten i years in the Sierras, while pursuing his ■ chosen pursuit, arrived here last night. A I reporter found him in. his room at the J I Grand, note paper and pencils before him. He said he had just come do'wn from his ranch at Martinez to get a little quiet, while-1 completing his work on the sixteen volumes of " Picturesque Calif ornia." : - - THE DEADLY TB3BBK0 BATTLER. "The greatest place I know for snakes is in Fresno- county," said he, " It's hot there, and that's just what snakes like. They are out in. the fbothilbrTaainly, and very thick. It is often said-that a rattlesnake can't hurt a hog, but this is amis- take. They kill a- great many hogs, and sheep and ... |
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