One hears queer stories about China. A friend, who ought to know, Jassured me that' there are alligators in the Yangtze. He also] stated that nowhere else in Asia will you find them. He had all sorts of theories as to how they got there, but, according to him, they showed no signs of dying out.
There are many stories about} makes in Hongkong and there ino doubt that pythons have been. seen, One enterprising gentleman. saw a python lying across the Con. duit path at the west end of the aaland. He could see neither the! head nor the tail of the snake. Hav-ting rubber-soled shoes and a thick stick he crept along the path. Bending his knees he dealt the snake Jo resounding blow, thinking to kill at once by breaking its back.
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