THE YOUTH'S CABINET.

 

Anecdotes of Large Serpents.

prow was making for the port of Amboy-
na; but the pilot finding she could not
enter it before dark, brought her to anchor
for the night close under the island of

ERPENTS are sometimes found of a
monstrous size. Among the largest
are the different species of a genus
called Boa. The picture at the

head of this article represents a species of
the Boa, called the Boa Cenchris. It is a
formidable serpent, though I believe it is
not so large as the Boa Constrictor. There
are a iumber of ancedotes of different
serpents of the larger kind, gleaned from
several sources, which I will give to my
readers.

In the Bombay Courier of August 31,
1799, we have the following :—‘“ A Malay

Celebes. One of the crew went on shore
in quest of betel nuts in the woods, and
on his return lay down, as it is supposed,
to sleep on the beach. In the course of
the night he was heard by his comrades
to scream out for assistance. They im-
mediately went on shore; but it was too
late, for an immense boa had crushed him
to death. The attention of the monster
being entirely occupied by his prey, the