Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 247
anticipating the possibility of a swim,and jumped into the canoe, Simba and Moto takingthe paddles, and one of the warriors seizing the Abdullah, who was wounded by a crocodile butrescued by Kalulu, Simba, and Moto. After landing and taking care of Abdullah, thenext proceeding was to hunt for the… … CRIED MOTO. harpoon, to plunge it into the animal that shouldfirst approach. They had not long to wait. A monstrous headand neck soon arose out of the water, close to thebow of the boat. At the same instant the harpoonwas shot into the neck. The wounded animalimmediately sank and swam up the river,…
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