n 4 DEL AGO A BAY. 



dog, feeling most anxious about my kitten, 

 whose plaintive little mew, however, I soon 

 afterwards heard at the door. When the pets 

 were safely housed I took out a lantern and 

 looked about, but could see nothing. I described 

 the noise to Jack in the morning, and he at 

 once said it was made by a " nhoca " snake as 

 thick as his arm. The dog, therefore, knew his 

 enemy, and wisely kept still, and I have since 

 found that he growls and is frightened at the 

 cast-off snake-skins often seen lying about. 



Another time my attention was attracted by 

 "seeing two hens standing close together and 

 fixedly staring at something. I went out, and 

 discovered a brown mamba twined round one of 

 the verandah pules and just about to strike. 

 He glided away when he saw me, and the next 

 morning I found him curled up and fast asleep 

 not far from my door, the hens again standing 

 side by side very near to him, and staring at 

 him as if fascinated. 



During my last visit here I had a large 

 serpent brought me, about seven feet long, said 



