Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America (1845)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · leaf 51
was about to stoop down andquench my thirst; but what was my aston-ishment to behold before me a huge beast, DICK BOLDHERO. 51 bearing a resemblance to a large black hog.It was completely in the water, but I coulddistinctly see it walking on tlie bottom andapproaching the shore. Being not a… … I could soon perceive an undulation on itsglassy surface, and shortly after the bristlyback of the animal became visible. Heleisurely came to the shore, looked around,snuffed the air a little suspiciously, and thenbegan to devour the coarse herbage thatgrew along the margin of the water. Thewhole…
Children's stories, American
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