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Monkey and Cobra. 
]\Iaxy animals exhibit remarkable sagacity 
when dealing with snakes. Naturalists assure 
us that an intelligent puppy knows, somehow, 
that snakes may be venomous, and treats them 
accordingly. If he attacks a snake, he does it 
with a series of quick jumps and recoils, and 
continually jerks his head upward to avoid a 
possible dart from the serpent. 
A horse kills a snake by leaping upon it 
with all four feet kept together, so that the 
snake’s fangs can find nothing but the horny 
hoof to strike into. The knowledge of these 
special tactics is a part of the instinct of all 
animals. 
There is on record an interesting example of 
how a monke\' treats a snake, says Harper's 
Weekly. In this case the serpent was of the 
most deadly variety—the cobra. This cobra was 
coiled up on the ground under a tree. The 
monkey slowly left his perch in the forks of the 
tree, and quietly, with great caution, moved 
downward until he had approached within about 
two feet of the reptile. 
He moved his head from side to side, as if 
closely inspecting the object before him. Then 
he took a firmer hold of the tree with one arm 
and wrapped his tail closely around the trunk. 
He reached forth his hand until it was with¬ 
in six or eight inches of the snake, and then 
quickly withdrew it. The witness who observed 
this curious scene was for a time in doubt 
whether the monkey had a reliazation of the 
dangerous character of its adversary. The little 
fellow seemed unknowingly to be playing with 
death. 
The hand of the monkey again moved to¬ 
ward the venomous reptile. It looked as if the 
monkey was going to seize the snake. The sup¬ 
position was correct, for suddenly, like a flash 
of lightning, the monkey grasped the cobra 
around the neck, close to the head, in such a 
manner that it could not bite, while the snake's 
body encircled the monkey’s arm. 
An extraordinary scene followed. The snake 
hissed loudly, the monkey chattered and screeched 
and danced and leaped in frantic delight. He 
would cease now and then in his wild contor¬ 
tions and seriously examine the snake’s head and 
eyes and protruding tongue. Then he would 
dance about again. 
When he had enough of this sport, he began 
to rub the head of the serpent on the hard 
ground, continuing this work for some time, with 
repeated solemn inspections of the progress of 
his task. Finally he had rubbed the head of the 
cobra entirely off. Then with much gleeful chat¬ 
tering, he dropped the writhing body and scam¬ 
pered away to join his companions. 
Arctic Hawk Caught. 
Whex the steamship Minnesota arrived from 
the Orient on her last trip, she had on lioard a 
strange passenger who took passage in mid- 
Pacific and was not entered on the purser’s list, 
says the Seattle Times. 
A large Arctic hawk, measuring nearly four 
feet from tip to tip, joined the IMinnesota on 
March 17, south of the Aleutian Islands, fol¬ 
lowed ■ the wake of the ship many hours and 
finally alighted on the topmast. 
Heavy gales ' which had swept the Alaskan 
coast a few days before drove hundreds of small 
birds to sea, and as these sought refuge in the 
rigging, they, became prey to the great hawk. 
After feasting all afternoon, the hawk perched 
on the mainmast, where it prepared to spend the 
flight. 
A Japanese boy in the steamer's crew plan¬ 
ned otherwise. Equipped with a gunnysack, he 
rnounfed the mast and slipped the sack over the 
bird’s head. Capt. Thomas W. Garlick presented 
the hawk to the Seattle Park Board, which will 
place it in one of the city parks. 
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