. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . , and came up with him justas he was seeking shelter in the crevice of arock. He had buried about two feet of hislength, when Bill seized his tail, and, holdingit fast, prevented his farther progress. Wethen both of us took hold and tried to pullhim out, but as he had coiled himself aroundthe protuberances of the rock within, he re-sisted all our efforts. Bill now directed me to bend down tohim a pretty stout ualnut sapling that wasgrowing near. I complied with the com-mand, and my companion, taking a piece ofcord from his pocket, dou
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . , and came up with him justas he was seeking shelter in the crevice of arock. He had buried about two feet of hislength, when Bill seized his tail, and, holdingit fast, prevented his farther progress. Wethen both of us took hold and tried to pullhim out, but as he had coiled himself aroundthe protuberances of the rock within, he re-sisted all our efforts. Bill now directed me to bend down tohim a pretty stout ualnut sapling that wasgrowing near. I complied with the com-mand, and my companion, taking a piece ofcord from his pocket, doubled the tail of thesnake, and firmly lashed it to the top of theyoung tree. This being done—Let go,said Bill, and see which will hold on thelongest. So, loosing our hold of the tree THE SXAKE. and of the snake, we stood by to see the resultThe snake was so firmly tied as to render itimpossible for him to escape, and the sap-ling pulled with a vigour and patience thatwere likely to prevail at last. We waited atthe place for nearly an hour, when the ser-. ~-*^ pent slowly yielded, ana the sapling jerkedhim into the air. There he hung, danglingand writhing, and thrusting out his tongue^but all to no purpose. Taking a fair aimwith the gun, Bill now fired, and cut thepoor reptile in twain
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