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you may employ two methods. One is to walk 

 quietly along the game-tracks just inside the main 

 jungle (the edges of the jungle are more accessible 

 than the interior, and there is less likelihood of 

 getting lost, with greater facilities for the capture 

 of any snakes seen and required). A sharp look 

 out should be kept along the game tracks and 

 under the bushes and undergrowth, for any python 

 that may be lying in wait for game that is going 

 down to the '* Tank " to drink, or is sleeping 

 stretched out across a path, after a gorge. 



A python when disturbed, and retreating 

 through the jungle, makes a noise resembling the 

 dragging of heavy sacks along the ground. If 

 alarmed, and moving rapidly, when approached, it 

 must be seized by the tail, and an attempt made 

 to press its head against the ground with your 

 foot, or, if accompanied by a coolie, a stick can be 

 placed by him across the snake's head. It should 

 then be taken and held by the neck with one hand 

 and by the tail with the other. Of course it will 

 attempt to bite, and when seized will attempt to 

 crush, but this sort of thing has to be chanced, and 

 adds to the excitement, for there is a certain 

 amount of excitement, especially with a large 

 python, but it does not do to get excited. 



The way to capture a python, without injury 

 either to oneself or the python, cannot be ex- 

 plained, but can only be learnt by practice, and 

 even then there is the likelihood of being bitten. 



Except in the case of a very large python, 

 there is no danger, though the latter is capable of 

 inflicting a very severe bite, tearing up the muscles 

 with its curved teeth, and probably disabling the 

 member bitten for some time to come. If, when 

 catching a python, you are seized by it, you should 

 at once release your hold of the snake, when it will 

 in all probability leave go of you, in order to 

 escape. 



