[185] Fact.
[186] A fact. She was never heard of afterwards.
[187] Horrible as this scene is, it is nevertheless perfectly true, even in minutest detail.
[188] Persons familiar with the Indian character well know their thieving propensities.
[189] These reptiles were still so numerous in this part of the country not many years ago that it was extremely dangerous to leave the windows open in the evening. My mother related that, while she was living at Sandwich with her father, one of the domestics was imprudent enough to leave a window open. During the evening, they had occasion to move a sideboard which stood against the wall, and a large snake was discovered behind it fast asleep. Another day, when playing truant, a snake sprang upon her, and tried to bite her waist; but happily her clothes were so thick that its fangs could not penetrate them. While she ran in great terror, her companions called to her to untie her skirt. And that advice saved her life.—Author.
[190] “Weep not for me.”
[191] “For the law of his God strove even unto death, and took no fear from the words of the impious; for he was founded upon a firm rock.”
[192] “Behold, I am with you all days, even to the end of the world.”
[193] “A man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity.”
[194] To save disappointment to those who may desire to possess a copy of the Memoirs of Bp. Bruté, we deem it proper to state that the work is out of print, but that the author has intimated his intention to publish a revised edition at some future day—of which the public will doubtless be duly informed.—Ed. C. W.