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Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders

           Inaminutetheywerefeatheredwiththem,andyetwithnosignofpaintheyclawedandslobberedwithimpotentrageatthestepswhichwouldleadthemtotheirvictims,mountingclumsilyupforafewyardsandthenslidingdownagaintotheground.Butatlastthepoisonworked.Oneofthemgaveadeeprumblinggroananddroppedhishugesquatheadontotheearth.Theotherboundedroundinaneccentriccirclewithshrill,wailingcries,andthenlyingdownwrithedinagonyforsomeminutesbeforeitalsostiffenedandlaystill.WithyellsoftriumphtheIndianscameflockingdownfromtheircavesanddancedafrenzieddanceofvictoryroundthedeadbodies,inmadjoythattwomoreofthemostdangerousofalltheirenemieshadbeenslain.Thatnighttheycutupandremovedthebodies,nottoeatforthepoisonwasstillactivebutlesttheyshouldbreedapestilence.Thegreatreptilianhearts,however,eachaslargeasacushion,stilllaythere,beatingslowlyandsteadily,withagentleriseandfall,inhorribleindependentlife.Itwasonlyuponthethirddaythatthegangliarandownandthedreadfulthingswerestill.

           Someday,whenIhaveabetterdeskthanameat-tinandmorehelpfultoolsthanawornstubofpencilandalast,tatterednote-book,IwillwritesomefulleraccountoftheAccalaIndiansofourlifeamongstthem,andoftheglimpseswhichwehadofthestrangeconditionsofwondrousMapleWhiteLand.

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