Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 124
old using my native name. I felt now, with myexperience, I could safely pit my Martini rifleagainst any hippo on the river, no matter howterrible his reputation might be. So I crossedthe river in my large canoe, fearing to use mysmall one, lest the ill-conditioned old fellowmight pitch me in the… … THE FISHERMAN WAS SHOT OLT OF HIS CANOE A DISTANCF: OF SEVERAL FEET. felt sure that my present canoe would standsound and steady. When I reached the other side, there was ourenemy on guard over a little bay. I put mycanoe in-shore, just below the creek where hewas swimming with his head hardly…
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