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ring by an immende (immense?) serpent that from [time to time?] uttered a most frightful hiss that was heard for many furlongs and nobody could suggest a remedy for, our disstress[.] It held its tail in its mouth and neither attempted to swallow any body alive not yet would suffer them to proceed on their journey so that every one was quite at a loss what device to fall on the Mussulmen and the Dervishes began to say their prayers as fast as they were able with loud lamentation from such a dreadful monster good lord [, "]deliver us[,"] but the snake did not budge an inch for their orisons and every body was ready to expire for teror when all at once by the grace of God I plucked up courage[.] ["]Roshen Zemir[,"] my friend said [, "]I come along and stir thy stumps and try whether thou art not destined for victory when every body else is driven to dispair for verily if thou killest not this monster thou art no man for this good world[."] Having therefore rattled over my prayers and said my confession of faith to prepare for the worst[.] I seized my bow and my polished arrows of a pure water and advanced to the monster who presented himself exactly like hill or a mountain [.]

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