. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . pushed forward, as I imagined, in a directline toward the path. But when ones headis turned, south seems north, and north south— so that, a great part of the day, I trav-elled in the direction opposite to that whichI intended to follow. Toward evening, I came in sight of alake, and as I was exceedingly thirsty, Iapproached it. It was encircled with talltrees and thickly matted shrubbery, excepton the side where I was. Here was alittle opening; and as I came to the edge ofthe water, I was about to stoop down andquench my thi
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . pushed forward, as I imagined, in a directline toward the path. But when ones headis turned, south seems north, and north south— so that, a great part of the day, I trav-elled in the direction opposite to that whichI intended to follow. Toward evening, I came in sight of alake, and as I was exceedingly thirsty, Iapproached it. It was encircled with talltrees and thickly matted shrubbery, excepton the side where I was. Here was alittle opening; and as I came to the edge ofthe water, I was about to stoop down andquench my thirst; but what was my aston-ishment to behold before me a huge beast, DICK BOLDHERO. 51 bearing a resemblance to a large black was completely in the water, but I coulddistinctly see it walking on tlie bottom andapproaching the shore. Being not a littlealarmed at this strange apparition, I ranhastily back from the lake, and concealedmyself in a thicket at the distance of sev-eral yards. My position was such, however,as to command a view of the I could soon perceive an undulation on itsglassy surface, and shortly after the bristlyback of the animal became visible. Heleisurely came to the shore, looked around,snuffed the air a little suspiciously, and thenbegan to devour the coarse herbage thatgrew along the margin of the water. Thewhole aspect of this creature was swinish,and I should have set him down as one ofthe hog family, but for two reasons. He 52 DICK BOLDHERO. was twice as big as any specimen of thatrace I had ever seen; and he had a long,flexible snout, which he used like an ele-phants trunk. I watched him narrowly,and never have I seen a more extraordi-nary looking creature. He seemed, indeed,to be half hog and half elephant, thoughhis manners resembled the former ratherthan the latter. He seemed to feel per-fectly at home, ate voraciously, flourishedhis little tail, and, at last, sat down uponhis rump, like a tired dog. I had now remained for half an ho
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