alligator-ride

Updated: May 16, 2025

The bold naturalist, of whose alligator-ride you have heard, says that he never saw any snake pursue a retreating prey; so that when a man, threading the mazes of a forest, sees a serpent gliding towards him, he has but to turn into a side path, and be safe.

Caroline Pridham - Twilight and Dawn: Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation