Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 25
uccessful descent was to letthe gas escape by slow degrees. My task was not an easy one, for the balloon, cut loose from its bal-last, now lay over considerably on one side, withme beneath. The strain on my hands had conse-quently grown much greater. However, I easedit somewhat by getting one leg… … THE LEOPARD STRIVES TO REACH THE MAJOR. its rapidity for a time by cutting off all the swing-ing ropes within my reach, I should probably havebeen maimed, or killed outright, had I not alightedon the long, feathery leaves of a date-palm, in thecenter of a beautiful cluster of these trees. After…
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