Dick Cheveley : his adventures and misadventures (1881)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 263
ts were unavailing. I then,carrying the handspike with me, went to the bulkhead atthe other end of my prison, and endeavoured by repeatedblows to knock in a plank. They were all too stout togive way to my apparently feeble efforts. I fancied that the blows must resound through the ship,and that the… … Rat-catchinir. Page 22 I MAKE A RAT-TRAP. 221 both my strength and wits would decrease, and that Ishould be less capable of exerting myself. After sitting quiet for some time, I heard the rats againrunning about. Frequently they passed close to me, butwhen I darted out my hands they slipped by…
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