310 EXCURSIONS IN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA. Cuap. XI. 
the bank, to do so, seized the reptile by the tail, and held him tightly 
until, a little resistance being overcome, he was able to bring it ashore ; 


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Turtle-fishing and adventure with Alligator. 


the net was opened, and the boy slowly dragged the dangerous but 
cowardly beast to land through the muddy water, a distance of about a 
