52 THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



then some distance off; still the head continued 

 to distil clear poison quite an hour after its 

 arrival. 



Snakes are nothing like as numerous in South 

 Africa as they are in the Western States of North 

 America, and, as hunters invariably wear long boots, 

 they are little to be dreaded here. The sportsman 

 who funks them, and is therefore always looking 

 for them, will find it a serious drawback to his 

 success in killing game. 



