Word: boas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan, when Henry Bartels went to a recently docked ocean liner to claim six boa constrictors he had ordered from South America, he was presented with 53. Said the ship's captain: "Forty-seven were born on the way up here. Ship six, pay for six, get 53. That's a break...
...rabbit, but not nearly so full flavored. A dog nicely cooked is better than cat." Puleston saw some strange sights: a human sacrifice of over 100 victims, to provide a bath of blood for a native king; a crucifixion; a fight between two crocodiles, between a native and a boa constrictor. Twice he met Explorer Stanley, "discoverer" of Livingstone. Says Puleston: Stanley's real name was John Rowlands...