Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 363
n or snapper — will puttheir heads above water. Both are welcomeand are quickly sold to the market-men. Thesnapper slowly appears and disappears, leavingscarcely a ripple; and the hunter cautiouslyapproaching usually takes him by the tail.The terrapin, on the contrary, is quick, and willdescend in… … By Sarah T. Prichard. On Block Island, a hundred years and moreago, there was living a retired sea-captain,named Milo Merritt. This Captain Merrittwas the unconscious cause of some strange andpeculiar happenings. Having been compelled to leave the sea at atime when his love for old ocean was at…
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