Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264
uddenly 1 stopped. Could those enormous gray-blackcoils about the roots of that little oak-tree bethe body of a snake ? I touched them withthe handle of my long net; instantly the crea-ture thrust forth a wicked-looking head. Howwicked were those fixed, glittering eyes! I stoodspellbound,… … THE BLACK-SNAKE. strict, and yet I felt that he had the power tokill me instantly, should he choose to do so. I have since come to the conclusion that thisreptile was the grandfather of the tribe of red-bellied water-snakes which inhabit that pond.They are very numerous hereabouts, and theyoung and…
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