Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 153
ly reptiles, but theirtaste of blood had made them fearless. For the nextfew minutes the brave girls had all they could do inurging the canoe to shore. As it touched the sand bothleaped out; none too soon, either, for a big pursuingalligator threw itself forward, crushing in the sides ofthe… … A. FIGHT BETWEEN A LION AND ACROCODILE (From She) Bt h. rider haggard. HORTLY after this the mooncame up, and notwithstandingevery variety of roar that echoedover the water to us from thelions on the banks, thinking our-selves perfectly secure, we beganto doze.I do not quite know what it wasthat…
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