. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . THE HERON. -K5 time; but we felt it deeply, and memory,to me, has kept a faithful transcript of thathour. We had not advanced far, when, on pass-ing through some bushes near a heap ofrocks, I heard a rustling in the Turning my eye in the direction of thesound, 1 saw a black snake, covered byleaves except his head and about a foot ofhis body. He was directly in my path, and,brandishing his tongue, seemed determined 44 WIT BOUGHT. to oppose my progress. Bill had my gun,but I called to him, and he soon appearedI pointed out the
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . THE HERON. -K5 time; but we felt it deeply, and memory,to me, has kept a faithful transcript of thathour. We had not advanced far, when, on pass-ing through some bushes near a heap ofrocks, I heard a rustling in the Turning my eye in the direction of thesound, 1 saw a black snake, covered byleaves except his head and about a foot ofhis body. He was directly in my path, and,brandishing his tongue, seemed determined 44 WIT BOUGHT. to oppose my progress. Bill had my gun,but I called to him, and he soon appearedI pointed out the snake, but, refusing tofire, he approached the creature with a boldfront; who, seeing that he could gain no-thing by his threats, turned and fled throughthe leaves with amazing speed. Bill followedupon his trail, 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
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