outside of Selma, going after their hogs, who fed on the tules, heard a strangling noise in the deep swale under a bridge, and in a moment, with a heavy flapping of wings, the queer creatures rose slowly from the water, flying so close to the men that the wind from the tremendous wings was plainly felt. Their description or the monsters tallies with that of the persons who saw them on the 13th and 19th.     J. D. Daniels of Sanger heard of the matter and joined a party of five that were going out to capture or kill the dragons, and he tells the following story, after reporting that their first night’s watch was a disappointment :     “About 10 o’clock that day [Thursday] Emanuel Jacobs came in and reported that the monsters had evidently been in Horn Valley, about four miles above, the night before. They had killed a number of ducks, and the banks of the pond were strewn with feathers. We had no intention of giving over the plan of capturing the dragons, and Thursday night two of us returned to watch, Mr. Templeton and myself. We secreted ourselves in the holes which we had made the before and waited patiently with our guns, determined to secure one of the strange visitors at least, should they make their appearance. About 11 o’clock the cries were heard in the direction of King’s River, seeming two or three miles away. The ominous yells drew nearer, and in a few moments we heard the rush and roar of wings, so hideous that our hair almost stood on end. The two dragons came swooping down and circled round and round

the pond in rapid whirls, screaming hideously all the while. We had a good view of them while flying.     They passed within a few yards of us and their eyes were plainly visible. We could also see that instead of bills like birds they had snouts resembling that of the alligator, and their teeth could be seen as they snapped their jaws while missing. Evidently the dragons were trying to decide whether or not they should come down in the pond. They were probably examining if any food was to be had, such as ducks, mud hens and fish. At length they came down with a fearful plunge into the pond, and the mud and water flew as though a tree had fallen into it. They dived around in the water, and as nearly as we could judge at the distance thirty yards, they were something over six feet long, and while wading through the water they looked not unlike gigantic frogs. Their wings were folded and appeared like large knobs on their backs. Their eyes were the most visible parts and seemed all the time wide open and staring. They were very active and darted about among the tules and rushes catching mud hens. One of the fowls was devoured at two or three champs of the jaws. As soon as we saw a good opportunity we leveled our guns at the one nearest us and fired. One rose in the air, yelled, and flew away. Every stoke of the wing showed great strength. The other floundered about in the water until it reached the edge or the pond, when it crawled out, dragging along its wounded wing after it, and started across the plain. We loaded our guns and gave chase. We soon lost sight of it, for it went