THE FRESH- WATER HYDRA. 



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heads, so the more the snake was killed the faster it 

 grew, and poor Hercules was in danger of being de- 

 voured. At last he began to burn the root of each 

 head with a hot iron : this was a success, the head 



Fig. 77. 

 ITydra hanging from the Weed. 



Duck- 

 Weed 



Hydra shrunken against the Weed. 



never grew again, and Hercules triumphed over his 

 enemies. 



Now I am going tell you about a hydra, but it is 

 not such a monster as Hercules killed, nor need you go 

 away to Greece to find it ; you know boys, and girls 

 too, sometimes love to wade in ditches and ponds in the 



