The Mysteries of the Court of London Vol. 7 — page 374: what you’re looking at

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9 THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. ° It likewise occurred to the Burker that the eye. Stranglers might have no powder ard ball to render their fire-arms available; for he did not remember to have seen them take any such ammunition from about the persons of the murdered travellers. But what was the Burker to do in order to escape from the enemy, or enemies, as Che case might be? While lying flateupon the grass, he was safe from the lasso: but this position could not be maintained for ever. He believed a deadly struggle to be inevitable with whomevever the well contained ; for that it was really an enemy, or enemies, he was equally convinced; or else why should such sdoret ambueh be maintained? After all the horrors endured in respect to reptiles and wild neasts, it was positively a relief to the Barker's miral to reflect that he had now to deal with human beings. It was a warfare more after his own fashion; and as the man naturally pos- eessed a dauntiess courage, he wasenot now to be No. 96.—Fournts Sanju. ° overawed by the vicinity of a human foe. Indeed he had pecome a0 reckless of life that he cared not how soon it was lost: at the same time it was e matter of satisfaction to reflect that if it were now to be surrendered it would not be to a snake nor @ wild beast ;—and he was resolved also to sell that life of hie ae dearly as possible. After some few minutes spent in: meditation, he bethought himeelf of a stratagem to draw the enemy from the dnbush, and thereby make him- self aware of the number whom he might have to encounter, as well as of the natare of the hostile weapons against which he fhight be called upon to defend humself. He- accordingly feigned to be asleep. Gradually he suffered the hand with whleb oe i drop apet his eyes, to fall away from his upon the gress, with the langeid vocontrolied movement of one who was verisealy slumbering. At the same time he ¢arned hirseaif a litele more sideways, as if the beams of tha 1 De ee OOO) COLUM SS (CO)