Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 353
ke the iron and steelplates on their war-vessels thicker and stronger;and so the contest goes on, and it is impossibleto say which will at any time be ahead in therace — the enormous cannon or the steel-platedvessels. But, although we may improve ourrifles, the alligator has no means of… … A PAIR OF REAL ALLIGATOR SLIPPERS. It is pretty hard on the alligators, saidStephen; but then, I suppose they ought tobe killed. They are horrible creatures. Yes, replied his uncle. An alligator seems to be of no particular use while living, and it ishis misfortune, poor fellow, that his hide…
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