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...cutting our way with machete hatchets through dense underbrush, now wading through water up to our knees, with the ever-present fear of the moccasin snake, whose bite is more deadly than that of the rattler, we made our way into the heart of a comparatively unknown region...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peabody Museum Expedition Enters Wilds of Everglade Region--Clench Tells of Search for Valuable Specimens | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

...Lexington, Ohio, Robert Wilson trained his pig to hunt rabbits. The two of them spent many a happy day in the hills-the pig running ahead, squealing when he was on the trail and killing the rabbit when he caught it, Robert Wilson shambling through the underbrush after him, to collect the corpses and make them into pie. Last week the game warden, L. A. Paxton, found out about Robert Wilson and his pig; it is against the law to hunt with an animal which kills game for the hunter. Hence, it appeared probable, Robert Wilson would lose his hunting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Despite one-sided golf, the tournament entertained with extra curricula features. George Von Elm, of the U. S. squad, hooked a ball into the rough, came up to it, began to address the ball, was about to hit it when from the underbrush wriggled a snake. It disappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Sep. 10, 1928 | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

...disgraceful to the U. S. Marine scouting service, was a prolonged pitched engagement. Only the fact that another Marine patrol, under Capt. William McNulty was in the vicinity, and rushed up at the sound of firing, prevented an ugly outcome. Eventually, the Sandinistas were driven to withdraw into the underbrush, and jungles, which is their natural and protective element...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: More Marines Killed | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Gateway of the Moon. A little half-caste girl in the brackish underbrush of Bolivia falls in love with a British engineer, name of Arthur Wyatt. Far from shy, she immediately and as constantly as possible enwraps his torso with her physical charms. Finally, he is content to stay enwrapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 23, 1928 | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

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