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MONDAY THE HAUNTED POOL setting over bright summer evening 1871 The had even for India and it unspeakable relief to

... precisely same manner the first The terror now universal all the best village themselves with one accord to rid of destroying crocodile Baits were trapB set men posted along the bank loaded guns to keep for the monster but look him they might nothing to be seen ...

Published: Monday 17 January 1887
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Examiner
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5063 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE HAUNTED POOL

... was now universal, and all the beat hunters of the village eel themselves with one accord to get rid of this destroying crocodile. Baits were laid, traps set, men posted along the bank with loaded gnus to keep watch for the monster ; but, look for him as ...

Published: Saturday 22 January 1887
Newspaper: Batley Reporter and Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1653 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

CHIPS

... always the road to assured bliss. A n American paper gives the following veracious xi- .:-i : — ' Wanted— Fat babies for crocodile bait. V be brought home alive.' When I first saw ti advertisement in a Ceylon newspaper, said I: urd Kinghorn to a Chicago ...

THE CROCODILE AND THE INDIAN BOY. Nana East Indian, rather well-educated, and spoke English with fluency. I ..

... entered, you should have seen his taw when it mime out in the examination that little Decoy was the black, baby intended as crocodile bait. 11, was sentenced to hard labour for ten years, I think. I hope be got it, too—the hardest kind. Decoy has been with ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1893
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1538 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A DEAD BOY RESTORED TO HIS MOTHER

... with a diadem costing francs. The French Goverment are again taking steps to suppress buil-fightiug at Babies wanted crocodile bait. Will returned alive, says Ceylon paper. The Pope has charged Archbishop Walsh to convey his blessing to the Emerald ...

Published: Tuesday 09 April 1895
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1202 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CUTTINGS FROM FUN

... the hunting field. The French Government are again taking steps to suppress bull-fighting at Nimes. Babies wanted for crocodile bait. Will be returned alive, says a Ceylon paper. The profits of the bull-ring at Nimes go mainly to the relief of local ...

Published: Wednesday 10 April 1895
Newspaper: Huddersfield Chronicle
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1068 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GOSSIP FROM TRUTH

... London last week inlheZnS M^ TCUniel WaS ?? * fou d N?&*2UK_ huS? * * ** ba,l - Seht at * ilaes - Babies wanted for crocodile bait. Will be returned alive, says a Ceylon paper. Princess H.leue ?? is to bo presented with a diadem costing 80,000 francs ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1895
Newspaper: Huddersfield Chronicle
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 538 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

COURT AND PERSONAL

... frequently found in the hunting field. Six bulls acrekilled at a Sundry bttll.fischt at Nimes. Nobody aro hart. wanted for crocodile bait. Will be returned a Ceylon paper. al'Orlegna is to presented with a coating 80.000 trines. The txpoLditere of the Yorkshire ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1895
Newspaper: Huddersfield Daily Chronicle
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4011 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE SHIPLEY TIMES—SATURDAY, APRIL 20. 1895. BASIES AS BAIT

... successful, for Ceylon parents, as a rule, have abounded confidence the hunters, and will rent their babies out to be used as crocodile bait for small consideration. Ceylon crocodiles, says Anglo-Indian writer, prefer to lie (mite still, soothed by the sun’s ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1895
Newspaper: Shipley Times and Express
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2333 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BABIES AS BAIT

... for Ceylon parents, as a rule, have abounded confidence in the hunters, and will rent their babies out to be used as crocodile bait for a small consideration. Ceylon crocodiles, says an Anglo-Indian writer, prefer lie quite still, soothed by the sun’s ...

BABIES AS BAIT

... for Ceylon parents, as a rule, have abounded confidence , n the hunters, and will rent their babies out to be used as crocodile bait for a small consideration. Ceylon crocodiles, says an Anglo-Indian writer, prefer to lie quite still, soothed by the sun's ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1895
Newspaper: Redcar and Saltburn News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FREE TO MEN

... remained examination day, he did not fall. The verse | hie a mither said I wacna not to fe’, for I've got on ABIES AS CROCODILE BAIT. Wanted, fat babies be brought home alive.” When I first saw | in a Ceylon writer, 1 thought it was a joke. that it was ...

Published: Saturday 28 May 1898
Newspaper: Wakefield Free Press
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 6 | Tags: none