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ADVENTURE WITH A PYTHON. 
again he sent another in, who, catching hold of the first 
man's leg hauled him out. He was quite insensible, and 
when he recovered he declared that the devil lived inside 
for he had seen him. Torches were brought, the hole was 
enlarged and in went Mr. Hartman, when to his delight, 
he discovered a splendid statue of a Buddhist Priest praying 
in a sitting posture, thirteen feet in height, of exquisite 
workmanship and proportions, and quite perfect. Eventually 
he had the earth cleared away and this beautiful temple 
brought to light. The temples of Borobodoo, four miles 
further on, are of great size and filled with exquisite carv- 
ings and statues. The natives say these temples were 
never finished, but were destroyed by an earthquake. The 
Dutch Government is about to have drawings made of the 
chief figures and carvings which are in the great temple, 
which will require at least three years' hard work to accom- 
plish. 1 had heard a great deal from Mr. Hartman of 
the Valley of the Kadu, but 1 never anticipated such a treat 
as the view from the temple gave me : mountain scenery 
of the wildest description varied with tracts of cultivated 
patches of every shade and colour, all blended together, 
making a scene so enthralling that it was late in the after- 
noon before I could tear myself away. 
On one of these excursions I had rather an exciting 
adventure. 1 was looking in some high grass, for the track 
of a deer I had fired at, when I almost trod upon a huge 
python ; the part of the body that 1 saw was as thick as my 
thigh, and it appeared to extend some length either way ; 
I at once beat a retreat, but I had not gone far w^hen I 
heard a rustle in the grass behind me ; the creepy creepy 
feeling already described came over me, for I thought the 
