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Turtles will rise at any noise, and usually the fisherman only claps his hands, though each hunter has his own way of attracting the terrapin. One hunter whom I saw when I made the drawing uttered a queer guttural noise that seemed to rise from his boots. Whatever the noise, all turtles within hearing whether terrapin or "snapper" will put their heads above water.
To this proposal, reasonable as it was, the reserved lady made no other reply than a scornful glance and a toss of her head. This piece of information was no sooner delivered, than Mrs. Snapper began to scream, her daughter grew pale, the old lady pulled out her purse to be in readiness, the lawyer's teeth chattered, while he pronounced, "'Tis no matter we'll sue the county and recover."
'What a nasty way you have of telling the very commonest piece of news! I said, on purpose to pay her out. 'What man will ever fancy you, you unlucky little snapper? Now, no more nursery talk for me. I will go and settle this business.
The ship had been working to the eastward for over an hour; but the order was given for her to come about, and the course was laid for the light at the Hole in the Wall. "Now, Mr. Passford, we are bound for the Gulf of Mexico, putting in at Key West for the purpose of attending to the affair of the Snapper," said Captain Chantor.
"It's very kind of me, you spalpeen of the Snapper. Prison will be a paradise to you, when you get into good commons. How you'll relish your grub by-and-by! So now shut your pan, or by the tail of Jonah's whale, I'll swear you're a Spaniard." I could not help thinking that O'Brien was very severe upon the poor lad, and I expostulated with him afterwards.
'I do not think that can be true, said Mr. Caldigate. 'Then you haven't seen the "Snapper"? asked Mr. Babington, dragging the paper out of his pocket. 'Look at that. They were now in a cab together, going towards the town, and Mr. Caldigate did not find it convenient to read the paragraph. But of course he knew the contents.
Not only men and children, but dogs, suffer greatly from them the latter almost tearing their feet to pieces in biting them out, and often getting them in their lips and outer nostrils, from which they cannot dislodge them. Among the many fine fish in the river is the dorado, something like a trout in colour, but deeper; in shape, more resembling the snapper.
Six or eight little negroes were sauntering about at their morning work, each having a rude whip, with tape for a snapper, interrupting the hungry birds at their breakfast.
Bundle out, if you please, for I am just going to shut the great gates!" New Monthly Mag. A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. An experiment to ascertain the degree of heat it is possible for a man to bear, was made a few days ago at the New Tivoli, at Paris, in the presence of a company of about 200 persons.
"Khrysoko," repeated Scott. "It pronounces well enough; but when you come to the spelling, that's another affair." "I could spell that with my eyes shut; for I used to cry so myself when I was a baby. Cry so, with a co on the end of it for a snapper. But I thought that bay was on the coast of Ireland, sou' sou'-west by nor' nor'-east from the Cove of Cork," added Felix.
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