Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 270
h Wache-em-betjc, which theEnglish have corrupted into wait-a-bit, and it The full moon was just rising over the trees (aglorious sight, I can tell you), when I heard adistant trampling, like the tread of an elephant,only quicker; for a full-grown rhinoceros, clumsyas he looks, can be active enough… … IE AT LAST. does make you wait a bit, if it once gets hold ofyou. I ve known a fellow be laid up for a fort-night with a gash from one. So you may thinkthat with masses of this nice stuff all aroundme, I had to pick my way gingerly enough. When I got to the place, lo ! and behold, thepad of my gun…
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