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tures of. Captain Quinton," by special permission of the Christian Herald BY CAPT. ROBERT QUINTON. Darkness followed almost immedi ately upon sunset, and the alternate eerie noises anddeath-like silence which pervade the lonely forest by day gave place to a weird chorus of unearthly cries and growls and prowling noises. I was watchingthe ground near our tree when I noticed the faint out line of some large animal moving to ward the stream as noiselessly as a shadow. I touched my companion, and a moment later we saw a tiger steal across a streak of moonlight which streamed between the trees. took hurried aim arid pulled the trig ger. The tiger emitted' a furious, angry cry and sprang directly up the trunk of the tree where we were perchd, and almost touched my leg. My part ner immediately fired straight down the trunk and killed him on the spot. Two members of the party in an other tree had a more serious adven ture. Seeing what they supposed to be a tiger stealing by the foot of their tree, one of them fired and wounded it, whereupon it set up a most appall ing series of blood-curdling yells, screams and roars, showing that it was a leopard. It turned out that there were two leopards instead of one, and the wounded animal, which happened to be the female, sprang into the deep shadow. Her male companion nimbly climbed the tree on the opposite side, and the hunters only became aware of his presence when he thrust his head around the trunk and yowled in the ear of the lower man. That man wasted no time in turn ing his rifle around to shoot the beast, just as the creature was clutching at him with its claws. But in doing so his rifle fell to the ground, and the man sprang farther out on the farther out on the branch, drew his revolver and began firing backwards, just as his companion, on a branch higher up, fired and mortally wound ed the beast. A little later my companion reach ed out his hand to pick up his rifle, which he, had laid across a couple of branches. He screamed as his band came down oh something cold and clammy, and a ioud hiss warned us of a serpent. I handed my. rifle to my partner and struck some matches. The light revealed-the body , of a large snake slowly ascending the trunk of the tree while its head was stretched put on the branch on which my ".partner sat. ' - He quickly brought down the butt of the rifle, crushing the reptile"'s head. It writhed and lashed itself about in the riiost violent manner, then slowly relaxed" and slipped to the ground. . As soon as daylight appeared we examined the dead snake, and found it was a fine specimen of the hama dryad, or ophibphagus elaps, the larg est poisonous serpent in the world, and the most dreaded' of all serpents in India. o o . PORK LEFT-OVERS' Cold roast pork, in the estimation of many persons, is far better than when served hot. Cut in small thin slices and serve with apple sauce. The tender white meat of a roast of pork may be made into a salad which many cannot tell from chicken salad. Combine with celery and a few olives and use any cooked dressing and Cream. One cup of diced cold pork added to the gravy that was left over (after carefully removing fat) may be heat ed and turned over toast and served for breakfast. "I see you have disposed of that fine horse you bought from the city." "Yes," replied the regretful milkman; he hurt my business. He had been used for pulling a sprinkling cart and stopped at every hydrant" Fun.