June 17.—The three previous days passed without any active indications on the part of our tracking foes, 47but during the twilight42 dawn of this morning Waantha discovered parties crossing the river in advance from the right to the left bank. With every safe opportunity fuel was renewed to guard against unforeseen emergencies. At noon large bodies of Indians were seen watching our progress from eminences43 inland, and the trees of either shore. Their appearance caused M. Hollydorf to question his duty in opposition44 to the prospect45 the adventure offered for the fulfillment of his commission. All, with the exception of Mr. Dow, expressed themselves in terms of discouragement. Dr. Baāhar depicted46 the horrors of a death from putrefactive poison, which entailed47 in life the lingering corruption48 of bodily decomposition49, which even the vultures would disdain50 to hasten. Mr. Dow was obliged to acknowledge that the preoccupation of their thoughts, while engaged in field avocations51, would expose them to certain surprise, and inevitable52 extermination53. But he had set his heart upon the venture and pleaded the advantage that would accrue54 from the river’s exploration, hoping for some chance interposition for the furtherance of his enterprise. Captain Greenwood, for the relief of Mr. Dow, proposed that the exploration of the river should be continued as far as admissible for the safety of the steamer. M. Hollydorf accepted this proviso, notwithstanding the loss of time it would cause.
June 19.—While the captain and M. Hollydorf were engaged with the calculation of their meridian56 observations, just as the steamer was closing a long reach, Waantha hobbled aft in great excitement, pointing with energetic gesticulation to a headland we were approaching, and then to our guns on the forecastle deck. Interpreting some new emprise on the part of our savage foes, the boat was kept in the centre of the current, until the view opened beyond the headland, when in melée encounter were seen parties on horseback. 48On nearer approach women and children were discovered huddled57 together within a barrier of mules59 and horses. Parry, the engineer, always prompt with his weapon, sounded a parley60, which caused a momentary61 cessation of hostilities62, allowing the boat to gain a position commanding a full view of the parties engaged. A glance, aided by the imploring63 gestures of the women, whose garments and other indications bespoke64 an approach to civilized65 origin, at once enlisted66 the inclination67 of our sympathy. The novelty of a scene so unexpected, rendered us for a moment undecided how to act, but the sound of Antonio’s Chinese weapon restored our presence of mind. The Indians quickly recovering from the momentary panic, caused by the shriek68 of the whistle and clangor of the gong, engaged in a renewed charge upon the unfortunates, who were defending their families with the desperation of despair, and in numbers seemed scarcely one to ten of their foes. The charge of the Indians was accompanied with a derisive69 whoop70, this was almost simultaneously71 echoed back by the bray72 of the mules opposed in forlorn hope, which revived Mr. Dow’s with a realizing perception of the ways and means for the achievement of his ambitious project. His rifle had reported the death of four Indians before a general volley put the survivors73 to flight. The rescued, when they saw the Indians fall and themselves spared, hastened down the bank that they might not interpose their bodies as shields to the savages. The panic of the Indians who were in flight over the pampa was increased by a shell, the report of the gun startling from the western shore a party lying in wait for the issue of the battle on the eastern, with the probable hopes of a chance advantage to themselves. Acting75 upon the hint that there were among them those who had witnessed the effect of shot and shell on a former occasion, the opportunity was embraced for reviving the impression. When 49satisfied that all able to molest76 had carried their bodies out of range, preparations were made for landing to succor77 the rescued with food and raiment, for they appeared to be in a deplorable condition.
Before landing for the personal expression of sympathy, the punt was loaded with provisions and dispatched to allay78 the immediate79 cravings of hunger. The steamer in the meantime was moored80 to a wood-rift, from which the captain and members of the corps81 gained the shore. They were received by a man past the middle age, whose face was exceedingly attractive, although wan82 with fatigue83 and anxiety. Momentarily embarrassed, as if with doubt of his capacity to make his emotions of gratitude84 intelligible85, he bowed himself down with the intention of prostrating86 himself at the feet of the captain, but this act of humiliation87 was arrested by the grasp and hearty88 shake of his hands. As distress89 evokes90 compassionate91 emotions with the kind-hearted, the captain’s eyes were not alone mindful in the reciprocation92 of the stranger’s outburst of grateful tears. Quick in demonstration40, when his generous impulses were aroused, the captain exceeded the cautious discretion93 that usually guarded his movements, from fear of imposition, by bestowing94 a hearty embrace of sympathy upon the careworn95 guardian96 of the rescued flock. This act caused, with one exception, a general prostration97 accompanied with a grateful outburst of tears. The exception to this indicative act of eastern humiliation, bestowed alike in reverence98 to the tyrant99 and benefactor100, was a maiden101 who had probably numbered eighteen seasons. Tall and erect102 in stature103, she stood unmindful of the prostrate104 throng105, but not unmoved by the scene enacted106 between the representative leaders of the rescuers and rescued. The clear transparency of her skin, with the healthy purity of its texture107, combined with a graceful108 form, exceeding in height those with whom she was associated, declared 50her at once alien to them by birth. Seemingly aware that grateful expressions confined to pantomimic enactment109 would at the close of the introductory scene prove embarrassing, she advanced, after securing with touch the companionship of two young maidens110 who had prostrated111 themselves beside her. Approaching Captain Greenwood, she addressed him in an unknown tongue, which M. Hollydorf with surprise recognized as an idiom of the Latin language. His wonder was augmented112 by her confident assumption that there were among us some who would be able to converse113 with her, and through her interpretation114 would be enabled to hold communication with her protectors, her companions speaking a dialect in remote correspondence with her own. The captain, although gratefully recompensed for his lack of language by the eyes of the fair vision, felt himself unaccountably moved in his isolation116, notwithstanding she continued to bestow36 upon him from those members sympathetic admiration117 exceeding the compass of speech. The maiden announced herself as a native of Heraclea of the Falls, a walled city but a few days’ travel remote.
“My name,” she continued, “is Correliana Adinope, daughter of the Pr?tor Adinope, in body deceased, and step-daughter to Adestus the present Pr?tor. The city has sustained a constant siege for centuries by the savages in revenge for the wrongs committed against them by our ancestors. Its inhabitants are at the present time in the extremity118 of distress from pestilence119 engendered by famine. While endeavoring to obtain remedial plants without the city walls I was made prisoner by a band of our besiegers, and was rescued immediately by these fugitives120, whom in turn you have saved from destruction.”
Having satisfied in outline the curiosity of M. Hollydorf, she begged that safe means of rest might be 51afforded her protectors, for they had been constantly harassed121 for weeks without an hour’s undisturbed sleep. But long before the preparations were completed for a comfortable resting place, Correliana and the wounded were the only ones that remained awake.
Waantha, assisted by the guacacioes of the crew, collected from the hair and mouths of the dead Indians antidotes122, and from the growths of the river bank counteractive123 remedies, which relieved the excruciating pain of the wounded, and stayed the progress of gangrenous putrefaction124. At sunset all the rescued were in a deep lethargic125 sleep, and as the night was pleasant, and the glade126 where they lay was open to the river, with a day draught127 that freed it from miasm, but little fear was apprehended128 from their exposure, notwithstanding the tattered129 condition of their clothing. Fortunately, before the evening was far advanced, the captain bethought himself of his trading stock, from which he soon obtained fabrics130 well adapted for their protection. Mr. Dow, restored to the full vigor131 of ambitious vitality, busied himself in organizing a guard for the protection of the mules and horses, listening the while to Aabrawa’s relation of their owner’s source, for he had recognized them as belonging to a colony located far to the eastward132 of his place of nativity, who were known to his people by the name of Bamboyles. Mr. Dow viewing his night charge as the keys destined133 to unlock the gates of his New Jerusalem, he picketed134 them in the most verdant135 portion of the glade. When morning dawned his fears were startled to find them still prone136 with scarcely a sign of vitality; and as his attempts to arouse them failed to elicit137 more than a drowsy138 snort he feared that with all his vigilance they had been poisoned, but was reassured139 by Dr. Baāhar, who pronounced their immobile condition as lethargic, induced from hunger and fatigue.
52While the night dew was still on the foliage140 Waantha pointed141 to a long line of animals approaching the river from the plain, which proved to be llamas. Upon this hint the three marksmen took the steamer’s boat to find their “toch,” or path to the river, and were successful in securing a supply of game sufficient for several days’ consumption. Before his guests awoke the captain had prepared a tent for the reception of the women and children, and an abundance of food for all. In addition he was able to furnish from his trading stock dresses, which, with a little alteration142, would supply the requirements of the women.
The mayorong, or chief of the Bamboyles, and Correliana were the first to awake in the morning; the latter, with her two companions, were conducted to the tent and there presented with the means of renewing their garments. In communicating the kindly expressions bestowed, with the gifts, her companions, in returning thanks, used the Spanish idiom, which startled Mr. Welson with pleasurable surprise, as it opened to him a direct avenue of speaking intercourse, for its varied143 provincialisms were as familiar to him as his patrial mother tongue. After the agreeable confusion, occasioned by Mr. Welson addressing them in Spanish, had subsided144, the eldest145 introduced herself as Cleorita and her sister as Oviata Arcos, daughters of Don Santiago Arcos, a native of Madrid, the chief city of Spain. On hearing this announcement he became joyfully146 elated, bestowing upon both a fond recognition, as they were the daughters of a personal friend of former years. After a long conversation, in which they gave him an outline history of their people, and the cause that forced them to become wandering exiles from their loved country, with the distressful147 mishaps148 which had attended their search for a new home, they separated reluctantly for the day. In answer to Mr. Welson’s sympathetic desire to render burial assistance in the 53regretful disposal of their dead relatives, the mayorong replied, that unless their preservers especially wished to be present they would prefer to indulge in their sorrows alone. Readily understanding the motive149, Mr. Welson and associates returned to the steamer while the ceremonies were in progress.
As Waantha had discovered Indian scouts150 lurking152 above and below upon either bank of the river, Mr. Dow exercised his engineering skill in forming on the pampa a defensive redoubt for the night protection of the horses and mules. Dr. Baāhar theoretically explained the Latin nomenclature of the different departments of the Roman castrum, which possessed153 from his natural and cultivated innocence154 from mechanical attaint the supreme155 “virtue” of novelty. Mr. Dow submitted to his classical dictations, but stoutly156 refused to adopt his method of fortification, which the doctor styled fossa cingere internus, or moating inside of the redoubt, notwithstanding the strongly urged advantage of its strategic intention of concealment157, that would lead the savages, on gaining the summit of the embankment, to take a blind leap into it. Fortunately the padre was present to divert the argument, which enabled him to render practical assistance to his Bamboyle aids for the completion of the inclosure in time for the night’s occupation. The absence of the doctor and padre from the supper table caused the captain to inquire where they were? Mr. Dow said that he had left them but a short time previous seated on the sods of the embankment engaged in a dogmatic discussion of the feasibility of the various methods adopted by the ancients and moderns for citadel158 defense159, the doctor quoting from “Plutarch’s Lives” and the padre from Bunyan’s “Holy War” as the best English authority. Aggravated160 by the heedless lack of sympathy shown in the use of their tongues, the while withholding162 the useful aid of their hands, the captain, on their appearance, reprimanded 54the doctor over the padre’s shoulders with tart74 severity, which caused both to give heed161 to the practical suggestions of Mr. Welson in train for the outfit163 of the overland expedition. From the direction of Correliana, who seemed to have an innate164 perception of her entertainers’ dispositions166, the captain concluded to continue the voyage up the river to a point she described as more favorable for debarkation167, as it was nearer the southern passes of the mountains that opened a way to the city of Heraclea.
June 21.—After the morning meal a majority of the women and children were brought on board of the steamer, and of the males all that would be likely to impede168 the progress of the land party having in charge the horses and mules. When ready for the start, the doctor joined the shore party equipped in naturalistic costume, which, in defiance170 of the recent sad experiences of the Bamboyle women, excited a mirthful inclination; even the more sedate171 demeanor172 of Correliana was moved in despite of her efforts to suppress her risible173 emotions. With his nether174 bifurcations disappearing, in extremity, within the capacious leg receptacles of boots, a blouse surcoat, or smock frock, elaborately supplied with Sanskrit labeled pockets, depended loosely from his shoulders, reaching to his knees, his head being surmounted175 with a bell-crowned hat, bestudded with impaling176 pins, technically177 called the kaleidoscope. Protruding178 from the larger pockets were seen the mouths of a pistol barrel, powder and drinking horns, with various articles for insect preservation179.
Aware of his uncouth180 presentment, he pleaded that its adoption181 combined usefulness with policy, for he had noted182 in his travels that all tribes and nations bowed down in reverential worship and awe to ugliness; and he felt certain that he had often been indebted to the contributions of his costume for the preservation of his life, while sojourning among 55the natives of the Polynesian and Ladrone Islands. When fairly mounted upon a mule58, who seemed to be affected183 with emotions peculiar184 to his species, but seemingly averse185 to awe and worshipful respect, Mr. Welson could not refrain from commending the happy conjunction as talismanic for the rider’s preservation from savage attacks.
It required much coaxing187 on the part of the mayorong to reconcile the mule to the novel eccentricities188 of its rider, but in the course of the forenoon he seemed to enter into the humor of his direction with unusual zest189. When fully115 reconciled to the swaying of the doctor’s net, with the sharp turns and checks to which he was subjected in the chase of insects, the Bamboyles left them to the full sway of their own moods. Fortunately the saddle was well adapted to secure the safety of its occupant. As they were crossing the opening of a glade, when the day was well advanced, a splendid specimen190 of the pampa Nyctaloide hovered191 over the cavalada long enough to attract the doctor’s attention, then floated away, leisurely192, over the plain. In a moment the insect-hunter’s net was in hand and, before he could be checked with warning caution, was under full headway in pursuit, and, when fully engaged in following the doublings of his quarry193, he became deaf to the mayorong’s calls. Feeling secure in being able to keep within hail of the boat, the erratic194 movements of the doctor had been a source of amusement to the Bamboyles, but as the distance was narrowing between the foot-hills and the river, and withal hummocky195, his danger increased. Still he was armed, and little fear was entertained for his safety, for while within call his mule could be brought back with a whistle. As he still kept heedlessly on, the mayorong sent a party of young men to bring him back. They had scarcely started, when a shrill196 shout from the mayorong urged them on, he and Mr. Dow following at full speed. The cause of these movements 56was a pursuing Indian close in the wake of the doctor. Unheedful of the danger, the doctor and his mule—who seemed to enjoy the novelty of the chase with his rider’s gusto—neared the foot-hills, where a band of Indians were seen watching the strange scene. His frantic197 gesticulations had undoubtedly198 impressed them with the belief that he was bestraught with madness; a condition held in especial reverence by aboriginals,—as they continued to regard the movements of the Indian in pursuit with negligent199 indifference200; indeed, from his frequent hesitations201, when within the cast of a spear, he seemed to be subject to the restraining influence of the same fear. The mayorong, who had allowed Mr. Dow to overtake him, had twice discharged his rifle in hopes that the report would apprise202 the doctor of his danger, so that he might use his pistol. But these offensive demonstrations only aggravated his danger, for the band of Indians moved rapidly forward for the rescue of their scout151; he at the same time, warned by the rifle reports, cast a calculating glance backward to determine the extent of his own danger. At this juncture203 the butterfly rose and doubled just without the range of the distracted enthusiast’s net, then coquetted backward and forward with all the instinctive blandishments of its human type, showing as little concern for threatened danger as its pursuer. This tack186 brought the doctor face to face with his foe5, who had sprung upright upon the croup of his horse, holding his spear poised204 ready for the cast. The cool indifference of the doctor to this offensive act, although within reach of the spear’s thrust, caused the savage to pause, backing his horse out of the way, as if still doubting the sanity205 of his meditated206 victim’s self-possession. In this act a bullet with the mayorong’s novice207 aim startled the savage from the close proximity208 of its whizz, as he started suddenly aside. A quick glance turned toward us determined209 the doctor’s 57fate just as he succeeded in capturing the tantalizing210 object of his chase. While in the act of lowering the staff of his net to remove his prize, he received the blow from the cast of the spear aimed at the unprotected portion of his head; the point glancing upward upon the skull211 divided the scalp on the forehead, reflecting it backward over the crown. The blow forced him backward from the saddle to the ground; at this stage Mr. Dow brought his rifle to bear, which caused the savage to bite the dust, just as he was about to finish his victim with a spear thrust. The blow and report brought back the doctor’s scattered212 senses in time to anticipate with his pistol an attempt upon his throat from the teeth of the Indian’s no less savage horse, for the completion of his dead master’s unfinished work. This instinctive impulse of self-preservation announced the presence of the doctor’s mind, and that he still survived, but the horse, deprived of life, fell forward over his prostrate body, as if to accomplish in death his defunct213 master’s intention. When dragged from beneath the horse Dr. Baāhar looked as if he had been resurrected from a slaughter-house, but he was a naturalist169 still, for his first thoughts were directed to his captured butterfly. A more striking contrast could scarcely be imagined than that presented by the captor and captured, the former being clothed in blood and the latter in beauty, for it had escaped injury in the conflict. After the doctor had examined the condition of his hat with its contents and garnish214 of insects, he submitted his head to the mayorong’s treatment, with the proviso that his restored scalp should be swathed without washing. When mounted on his mule his appearance was as fruitful of humorous mirth as those attending the most ludicrous mishaps of the valorous knight215 of La Mancha. The Indians, after the mayorong’s party left, held a consultation216 over the dead body of their scout, which seemed to result in a determination to avenge217 his 58death, for the main body, which outnumbered ours in the ratio of three to one, followed, standing55 on croup in a menacing attitude, occasionally making a dash forward, and as suddenly retreating. These maneuvers218 were continued for an hour or more, serving to retard219 the progress of the cavalada, until Mr. Dow, our rear guard, getting out of patience with their annoyance220, proposed a long shot with his Spencer rifle which in effect astonished the Indians by dismounting one of the most defiant. This caused evident dismay, for they immediately retreated with all speed to the foot-hills, leaving us unmolested for the rest of the day’s stage. Notwithstanding the delays of the land party, they were obliged to wait at the first open glade until night-fall for the arrival of the steamer. After the doctor had submitted to a thorough ablution of body and head, administered by the Bamboyle women, the cause of the steamer’s delay was explained.
The steamer, after an hour’s progress from her night’s moorage221, entered a broad expanse of water of lake-like dimensions formed by a confluent tributary222 from the west. The strong eddy223 caused by the making out of a spit from the eastern bank forced the boat to the opposite shore covered with the rank growths common to extensive alluvial224 deposits in semi-tropical latitudes225. While the engine was exerting its utmost power to stem the current and cross the walled strength of the combined streams, Waantha, who was at his post with his canine226 friends, called Mr. Welson’s attention by signs to a broad spreading mangrove227 banian peculiar to the tributary deltas228 of the large South American rivers, which bear a strong resemblance to kindred growths in India. Among the pendant hybrid229 limbs, which had taken root in the muddy deposit, there appeared one that seemed to vibrate to and fro, coiling upon itself. With the glass the captain discovered that it was a huge amphibious 59anaconda hanging pendant from one of the horizontal branches by the prehensile230 attachment231 of its tail. The waving excitement of its corrugations and swaying reflection of its head from side to side, within circumscribed232 limits, aroused the spectators’ curiosity to learn the nature of its attraction. A nearer approach discovered, prone upon the interwoven platform of mangrove branches, a huge alligator233 with his head inward from the river. The reptile234 relation of the parties foreboded an instinctive encounter of sagacity and strength, which excited in Mr. Welson a strong repulsive235 desire to witness, as a comparative study, the result of a duel236 between individual representatives of species so nearly allied237 on the cold blooded verge238 of vitality. The captain, in order to afford him the privilege of recording239 the result for future reference, directed the bow of the boat cautiously toward the scene of encounter.
When sufficiently240 near to witness the movements of the monsters, who were engaged in preliminary tactics, one to prevent insinuating241 surprise; for the alligator, from his shrinking contractions243, was evidently aware of the impending244 danger, if his foe was allowed to gain his object, and the other to excite the advantage he wished to gain, the headway of the boat was checked. As the distance intervening was shortened, the scaly245 tail, back, and immense snout of the alligator, were exposed to view in sidelong reflection within the umbrageous246 shadow, proclaiming him the patriarchal champion of his species, and well matched in strength to contend with his ophidian foe, should he, from tantalizing banter247, proceed to actual hostilities. Gradually the serpent’s curves and retractions grew more energetic in gliding249 movement as its head darted250 hither and thither251, now disappearing on one side of the saurian, then retracting252 over his back for an investigation253 of the opposite side, with the evident object of seeking a passage beneath. The alligator, although passive in 60his defensive movements, was observed to crouch254 closer to the underlying255 branches whenever the head of his foe touched a part beneath the scales of his armor, his apprehension256 being made manifest by a nervous twitching257 of his tail, as if aware of the fatal vantage sought.
The captain had requested the engineer to keep the steamer in position until the victor in the duelistic contest was determined; but the wariness258 of the alligator, who was not in a position to accept the wager259 of battle, made the result of the siege doubtful, as it might be prolonged until they had tested their respective powers of total abstinence to the extent of endurance. With the thought of his own culpability260 should the gratification of Mr. Welson’s curiosity prove fatal to the hopes of Correliana, who had placed her reliance in his direction for the relief of her kindred, he was about to request the engineer, who acted as pilot, to proceed, when the pagan exclamation261 proh Jupiter! from the object of his thoughts called attention to the cause. The alligator had attempted to gain the advantage of his preferred element by a backward movement, this act had opened to the head of his foe the sought for advantage, which had already passed underneath262 his body between his dwarfed263 legs before his hind264 quarters reached the water. In a twinkling two coils had involved the saurian’s body just behind his fore11 legs, the part most susceptible265 to wounds and compression. Then came a fearful struggle that swayed the tree attachments266 through the wide expanse of its reach, causing in the minds of the beholders a loathsome267 interest devoid268 of sympathy, offering the test of instinctive strength and endurance as a meagre source of gratification. Still, to Mr. Welson, the contest was not altogether devoid of useful application for parallel deduction269 when compared with the animal traits of human instinct. The tightening270 of the prehensile coil of the anaconda’s tail on 61the limb of its attachment, and upward retractile corrugations of his body with corresponding attenuation271, disclosed the difficulty he encountered from the elasticity272 of his leverage273, which prevented the concentration of muscular strength necessary for the strangulation of his victim. To the elasticity of the limb the alligator owed his prolonged existence and chance of advantageous274 retrieval. At this stage of doubtful emergency the instinctive “wisdom” of the serpent became meditatively275 apparent in the darting276 movements of his head and gleam of his watchful277 eyes, which were engaged in alert study to advantage his position, while guarding his straining body from the frantic strokes of the tail and distended278 jaws279 of his antagonist280. The anaconda’s intention was soon made manifest, for we could plainly see his corkscrew tail traveling with insidious281 progress toward one of the main trunks of the tree; this once gained the moments of the saurian’s existence could be numbered, for it would afford the required resistance for crushing his body in its armor of proof. The “spectators” had watched the conflict with a superlative degree of indifference, inasmuch as favor for either of the contestants282 was concerned, hoping that both would be fatally disabled. But the moment the alligator began to manifest symptoms of exhaustion283 in the weakened strokes of its tail, and gasping284 throes, the human instinct of a guacho fireman sided with the weaker party in the struggle. Yet the object of his championship was scarcely a shade less repulsive than the symbolic285 cause of man’s squirming meanness and disposition165 to involve in his folds of treachery all that adventure within the reach of his cupidity286. The alligator’s champion, born and nursed in the saddle with the lariat287 and bola for his rattle288, asked the captain, in an undertone, for the skiff, with permission to terminate the combat. This granted he soon gained a footing upon the mangrove thicket289 and in a few 62seconds the quick gleam of a machéte was seen, then with the accompaniment of a prolonged hiss290 the serpent’s writhing291 body fell separated from its tail. Relaxing the portion inclosing his nearly lifeless victim, he strove with instinctive energy to release his folds, but his efforts were vain, for the retractile power of his muscles had departed with his tail. Helplessly retained by the dead weight of the alligator’s body, the serpent seemed at a loss to account for the futile292 result of his efforts, for he continued to retract248 his bereaved293 stump294, while investigating with darting head the progress effected by vermicular contraction242 beneath. The reviving spasms295 of the alligator increased the anxious rapidity of the anaconda’s movements, but as with the fabled296 flight of Samson’s strength shorn of his locks, he was held for sacrifice bound in the toils297 of his own instinctive intention. His helpless condition was aggravated by the guacho, who, after cutting away the intervening branches, was seen struggling with the writhing tail until he had drawn298 it to an overreaching limb, from which he dropped it within reach of the head of its late owner. Its detached appearance seemed to impress upon the majority, of the relict anaconda, the diminished extent of his misfortune, for it was seized with its late mouth and bitten with impotent rage. While engaged in inflicting299 punishment upon its supposed traitorous300 tail, instinctive caution was made blind with rage, and its coils, released by the recovered consciousness of the alligator, convolved athwart between his open jaws which seized and severed301 the serpent’s body while its head was endeavoring to execute ultimate vengeance302 by swallowing its recreant303 tail. M. Hollydorf and Mr. Welson closed the scene and the alligator’s repast with their rifles, the bullets taking effect in the soft parts which were exposed in his endeavors to regain304 the water. With this humane305 addenda306 to the reptile duel, the serpent’s head was left to shuffle307 off from 63its mortal coil. Correliana Adinope and the Bamboyle women had screened themselves from the revolting sight under the awning38 aft, from which they could not be induced to look backward until the scene of the duel was left far behind. The steamer, to make good the time lost, was urged to her best speed. With the relation of these retarding308 incidents of the day, Antonio announced his readiness to serve the evening meal.
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