Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 184
wait tillthe morrow, as I felt confident that he wouldremain in the vicinity. Though I could notmake out exactly of what species he was, yet 9°3-] CAPTURING A GREAT SERPENT. 717 from appearances I thought he belonged to theboa family, and might possibly be a water-lovinganaconda. At last he began… … HOLDING THE SACK SPREAD OUT BEFORE ME, I ADVANCED.(SEE PAGE 718.) disappeared in the bushes beyond, and his tailhad not yet come up over the bank, his hugebody filled all the intervening space. I judgedhim to be over twenty feet long. Slowly as asnail he crawled on, until finally his tail,…
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