LIFE IN THE JUNGLES

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 12, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 45.

LIFE IN THE JUNGLES.

THE report of a missionary to headquarters of the Bethel Santhal Mission at Benares contains these items:—

"One day a leopard devoured a calf almost under the shadow of my house. There was a tiger three miles east, killing cows and oxen. I was asked to go and shoot it, but the pill was too big for me. We do not mind these wild beasts, but the snakes are gloomy, dismal things, like the hypocrite, and we abhor them.

"Wolves stole three of my sheep and devoured them at 100 yards from my house. On the very place where they enjoyed my sheep, I killed six wolves.

"A few days ago, early in the morning, a large leopard was seen in our compound. Two hyenas were killed yesterday on a neighboring hill. They attacked two woodcutters, who knocked them over with their axes.

"Two black bears were also found another morning a few yards from Bethel. With the dawn of day they usually go to the hills two miles north from our house, which is full of caves, wild fowls, and monkeys. There is one tribe of monkeys which stand about six feet high."

Another report contains this item:—

"Killed four cobras, one jambro (about seven feet long) and one Karait snake. Total, six snakes, with enough poison to kill a score of people."