. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . d which consisted of straw. Feeling veryweary, I soon fell asleep. I continued ina sound repose for several hours, when, atlast, I awoke suddenly. It seemed as if Ihad heard some one whispering to me, and,in a sort of dream, I fancied that it was theblack-eyed daughter of the planter. Butwhen I was fully awake, and rose up inmy bed, my amazement at what I beheldwas indescribable. The moon was shining very brightly, andlighted the large barn-like apartment in sucha manner, that I could see almost everyobject with distinctness. Above
. Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America . d which consisted of straw. Feeling veryweary, I soon fell asleep. I continued ina sound repose for several hours, when, atlast, I awoke suddenly. It seemed as if Ihad heard some one whispering to me, and,in a sort of dream, I fancied that it was theblack-eyed daughter of the planter. Butwhen I was fully awake, and rose up inmy bed, my amazement at what I beheldwas indescribable. The moon was shining very brightly, andlighted the large barn-like apartment in sucha manner, that I could see almost everyobject with distinctness. Above me, amidthe dusky shadows of the room, I beheld acreature of the most extraordinary seemed to have the head of a rhinoceros,with most enormous ears, the body of a bird,and the legs of an alligator. It had im-mense wings, shaped like those of a my excited imagination, the creatureseemed as big as an ox; and as I gazed uponit, it seemed to wave its prodigious wings,and grin at me with a sneering and mali-cious expression. ^^ DICK BOLDHERO. 29. My first idea was, that it was a merenightmare; but when I recollected that Iwas in a strange country, and moreoverremembered the adventure of the alligator,which had so recently occurred, I began toconceive that it must be a reality. There isno harm, at least, thought I, ^ in being pre-pared for the worst. Accordingly, I reachedout my hand, and seized my cudgel. I thenlaid down upon my bed, and, keeping my eyefixed upon the grisly apparition, held myselfready for what might happen. I kept my-self perfectly still, and at last the creaturespread its wings and began to make a circuitthrough the upper regions of the apartment. 30 DICK BOLDHERO. Round and round it went, upon a noise-less wing, and at last began to make a dipat me. Never shall I forget the sensationsof that horrible moment! The very uncer-tainty, whether it was a reality, or somegrisly phantom of the brain, seemed to in-crease my agitation. Could I have been sur
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