| Charles S. Greene - 1864 - 522 pages
...would shrink from hiding there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the only denizens ; sometimes ti>' '-es refuge in this desert from the hounds, and in the...delve, and now and then a tremulous otter. But not even the hunted negro dare to fathom the treacherous clay, nor make himself a fellow of the slimy reptiles... | |
| La Fayette Curry Baker - 1867 - 748 pages
...from a half mile to four miles, while their length is upward of sixteen miles. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...delve, and now and then a tremulous otter. But not even the hunted negro dare to fathom the treacherous clay, nor make himself a fellow of the slimy reptiles... | |
| La Fayette Curry Baker - 1867 - 754 pages
...from a half mile to four miles, while their length is upward of sixteen miles. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the only living denifcens ; sometimes the coon takes refuge in this desert from the hounds, and in the soft mud a thousand... | |
| La Fayette Charles Baker, La Fayette Curry Baker - 1874 - 418 pages
...from a half mile to four miles, while their length is upward of sixteen miles. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...delve, and now and then a tremulous otter. But not even the hunted negro dare to fathom the treacherous clay, nor make himself a fellow of the slimy reptiles... | |
| La Fayette Charles Baker - 1889 - 432 pages
...from a half mile to four miles, while their length is upward of sixteen miles. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...sometimes the coon takes refuge in this desert from the honnds, and in the soft mud a thousand odorous muskrats delve, and now and then a tremulous otter.... | |
| Charles S. Greene - 1889 - 618 pages
...from a half mile to four miles, while their length is upwards of sixteen miles. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...hiding there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the only denizens; sometimes the coon takes refuge in this desert from the hounds, and in the soft mud a thousand... | |
| Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1901 - 342 pages
...dense growths of dogwood, gum, and beech, planted in sluices of water and bog. Frequent deep ponds dot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...dry soil, but no human being inhabits the malarious expanse; even a hunted murderer would shrink from hiding there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the... | |
| Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 1901 - 342 pages
...place, with here and there a stretch of dry soil, but no human being inhabits the malarious expanse; even a hunted murderer would shrink from hiding there....Serpents and slimy lizards are the only living denizens. Not even the hunted negro dared to fathom the treacherous clay, nor make himself a fellow of the slimy... | |
| Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - 2001 - 367 pages
...dense growths of dogwood, gum, and beech, planted in sluices of water and bog. Frequent deep ponds clot this wilderness place, with here and there a stretch...dry soil, but no human being inhabits the malarious expanse; even a hunted murderer would shrink from hiding there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the... | |
| Michael W. Kauffman - 2007 - 546 pages
...to share the impression that George Alfred Townsend, the reporter, had when he wrote of the place: "Even a hunted murderer would shrink from hiding there. Serpents and slimy lizards are the only denizens; sometimes the coon takes refuge in this desert from the hounds . . . but not even the hunted... | |
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