being exceedingly stunned with the fall, she 

 remained unable to proceed for some space 

 of time. The dry season caused the river 

 to be shallow she travelled in it, and, 

 where she could, by its edge, until she got 

 through the mountain, which she concluded 

 was several miles. After this, as she was 

 travelling along the bank of the river, a 

 venomous snake bit her on the ankle : she 

 had strength to kill it, and, knowing its 

 kind, concluded that death must soon over- 

 take her. By this time Mrs. Scott was 

 reduced to a mere skeleton with fatigue, 

 hunger, and grief; probably this state of her 

 body was the means of preserving her from 

 the effects of the poison : be that as it may, 

 so it was, that very little pain succeeded the 

 bite, and what little swelling there was it 

 fell into her feet. Our wanderer now left 

 the river; and, after proceeding a good 

 distance, she came to where the valley part- 

 ed into two, each leading a different course. 

 Here a painful suspense again took place: 

 a forlorn creature, almost exhausted, and 



