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TA/3.11118-41.50 in advalice, or If paid within !ix xiont.hs. 912,00 will he charged on all siabeerip- Ogee ruining to the and of the year. ADItRTrAfEIiTS and floaiaess Nutlet.% inecrt ed usual rates, and every deeertotlon of irvx x.l" 'X' icxggerED 1p the neatest manger, at the leneti prioel,:sod with the utmost deeict!ch, flaring purehiCe4 • large oolleotion of type we are p re pared ta the orders of our !react.. 1171:Yr" --- Ws. 1. - 11rutl and riser justice to all met, of f. 4 eitiltitShift or persitasson, »legions or yoht- No. il Rinses, .inennsrre and bourn friend - 14iyssithyall nalsona ; entangling ally filled, with nons„ Nr. S. 7710 right of gm T ten and. .e. ,iO, ii . I,to 'alweinieter :Mir own domestic affairs. ..: Noe. 4. Freedalre and e7,,ality, the sonerelgoty s 'if tin, majority ophe, and Cho right of the majority to rake° an altr wit/ es coastal otbonallyeerpressed: Nd.' : EetniOrty in the prohlic erpendintres, ands Aid preservation of pnbl i e pith Na. 4. Freedom of relig ton, freedom of the WM/Pa igendra 1 tliffit.tiots of r *formation: , No. I. oppona.n to all sto,ot esker oat ••kan- ltioribitt. era to ail rartortsont to italtts,. . I No. 3 .4 sacred preset r , OllO/1 of the I•edera I Cometientien,•nd U 0 religiolle t f its ji, office. No. 11. No bigotry or pride of ro."*, or di:. unction of birth among. American 'inserts. No. /1,, Rescellci and protection 'or As rights . of •lt. No.ll,rthaßreserration of the naturaliagt lots laws, eager Cho »gilt of all to the public.. doodain • and the protection of lho Amorioatt genersehesat No. 12. Opposition to all chartered monopolies N.. 1.1 Cameo* brottierAood and goosl.eteal I. all--ispecially Co those ay the household of I faith. Die. •SA NS From the irsibrmation we hire received by telegraph, we fear this distinguished young voyager is no more. Our readers are doubtless aware, but a short, thus ago the Dr , sailed frore , England. fOr Ilavana,lo;re omit ialelligenee. We deeply aypathise with his 'Meted family, and hope for the best.— His death will be a nation's lose. Dr. Nam teas born in Philadelphia in' the . year /KA and had accordingly Just entered upon his thirty-fifth year. fie received his academic education at the University of Vire; ginia, and graduated as Dewier of Medicine 4t the University of Pennsylvania in ISO, Soon after that date he entered the United Stitt' Navy-as assistant surgeon, and at compenied the first American embassy to China. "With - his native thirst for observing the manners and customs of strange coun tries, he visited 'difreren t 'Fiera of China, the Pliiiiippines, Ceylon, and the interior of In• dia. - Hewes the first white person who des cended into tile-crater of the Tail of 'Wien, accomplishing the enterprise at the hazard ' t4.,_,,0k bli z._ e was nueNentied by a bamboo Itifi4MAd ItSai,iom a projecting eriiit, More than tiro hundred feet above the re• mains of volcanic eruptione. With bottles of .suiphorous acid and other specimens from' th Mouth of the crater, he was dragged up , othselees through the scoria' Upon this 44 eir iiieshitterne attacked by the [Aimee, 44 . cif the Negrito race, and expos ts itaftlehips which proved fatal to Idie' ng companion, Baron Loe, of Prosiiik....After this, be travelled a consid erable. on of India, visited Ceylon, ea t:end; . 'to the - Counties of Nnhiarand passed• . „ . season in Eopt. lie travelled • - -, ,A. , • eon foot, and returned in 184 e to tip.' 'bid States. lie was innuedtately orde • .••• the Coast of Aries, and exiling ii•the +. I T:. %, United States, visited the slave &Mori. ` m Cape 'Nfount to the neer Ron ny. Mud obtained free access to the baraeoons efltalsoney. Returning home in a 'item': rime state of health, lie recut. ettli SUILICient 1p to visit 'Mexico - during the 'war as a vol unteer. Re succeeded in 41elvitTing des patches from the Preside nt to the Cornmen• l i der-in-Ohlef, escorted by the notorious spy nput , of the brigand Domingtiez, rind al ligentes. rite „better of a detachment of txicane euldit•rst whom thpy i•licountercLet --ageraluea, be was forced to QUllibit. ilia coot,. minions single lialeicd in order to save the Issee of his Islam:lore, Geneiel Torrajoe, General Gums and others from their fury.-- Un the teleran( peace, he was ordered upon the - f oasit Survey wider Prof. Bad e.. and was thus employed in the (lull of Mexitto, alien be volunteered his services to the tint Grinnell Ali in, 1850. Lie was ac - cepted fide 'Senior surgeon and naturalist of the•equadron, and entered upon his ilitt'es with firefithueltoire, sagacity, anti -yeiwe of endurance which ridnerithly iii• pan •d - in: - -feetiter-eiteetreietteese reepeztal.da.u-s Ll—the 'emotellexpoilitioti ; the reside, ofeetie it are before the world. In bfs private elittracti r, Dr 1%.1r1(.• dis t pilled a singularly lovely and attract cc i uninmotequedities. in ?striking contrast with AND•bfddiraiS and resolution which impelled !itlthAltsluadiarger of adventure. The tiar...l 2 4 re i mmirs of hit expeditions presents a deliglat - 'Rim of hie iiersonal traite. fu, .thicrespost they possess the charm or un co owl autobiography. ibis modest sim p ty, his relined Melee, hie tenderness of fee fr i and his altridet feminine toympathieit cn ani . perpetuillfrovealed in epsinectien with 44 danntlese ootirage and constancy as ever trersed.heroie heart to lofty prowess. Hence theuteemetie power which he exerted over the ennopanions of his enterprise, winning their romantic attachment, and inakiniehim mit • oentre of helt and tie , o,,•regi•iiitiit - sari 4 the darkest momenta of the forlorn hope in the Arctic seas. Whatever the mei enOo results •of hie perilous voyages, they a of still higher significance in the exam ttley Have presented of noble, persistent E aktio ~ lined and undismayed manhood. i'lui3Oeutterritei Rvaiatox.—Tho Will of tinkle J.ll. Clayton, of DelawarO, Lae beim - "pablieleek 'The that olluxo of •it hi it Miami : iTirlit--I leave to my friends and rola tyo, as well as to all others who may init soy opinion of any value; this testimo nial, that the religion taught in the New 7,..041111104.js the hest that him been anted . 1 0ft,Mir sdOption, both fur this world and ' O . thlkli which is to come, and that Jesus 41300 -- WeathstArire , hielonsli, and will re fr'forover the Redeeturr and Saviour of 1 all IMO. Let humble testimony stand . 111 ,4 1 F0r of the, thin rellgionr-i am ( 1 44 - i.,1, liiiiiroughly eto vitmed of its truth." 'lll* bite Ma. ea *coo, of Now liaveu, baa ' bequeathed Yale College this,oum of illo,ooo-, , . WO.7IYAN Tbere . le a btitliti Wheel: tsigif#lo taligeli k k liirsgiStnee iterrikea, •Aiitese‘or 1 ,1 • " There le a beam in life's e'ereloadtaaky, That giltid the starting I oar.it °Ant dry ; That flower, that ion* boant;,on Edith's /00.6 the fun sooete and heavenly light of love. Alan! that aught so fair (maid lead aitray" Men's wavering font from duty's thorn's's 1 1*Y:A Tot, lovely woman t yet thy whining smile That eittisod our cures - , salt every oars, tsarina; .And thy soft baud amid the mane of 11l Oen roar one Wistful hewer of eden still. • To his Ltw mind thy worth Is, all uultnnwn, Who donate thee pleasure's transient toy alone; But oft' hew Most &welted, wire* creed bath. Thiu~'earthly elLartue a rival bad la Leaved I. Yot 0144.1110 kt charms that time may het dlipal, Whoa' tleatitleas bloom shall slaw 'wheis an/pals dwell; Thy pitying tear In Joy ihilhaelt away Like mnra'• bright dew beneath the Mlar req Thy warm and generous faith, thy patiMetkimeek, That paint/la smile ylhere man thapoilirthe r ehieki The balm that virtue miejles here below To mitigate thy eiii)(4 earthly Irmo— Thom shall remain, wlltia anirdtri MU hL deed, When me d neve end papal:es strain Is End COME TO ME IN DREAMS 1111 , 010110111 e. rasettoe • CORM boeutitel &sew, hr►e, eii eoet• to en oft, • Where the tight wing of 1144 On ify boiom lies loft " Oh ! omen when the lee, In the uoon•e grotto Ilea, Basta on the ear - Like the pulse of the slight— Wh4u,tsh4 4S,LAN the W*T. Wear their loveliest blue, When the dew's oo the dowers, And the dam se the dew.- * Owns in basatiful drowns, Ws, Oh! Donis and we'll stray, Whets? the whole year is MI/DOI With ths No - 1 ' Whore snob sesnmi has sweet AA the inns of e den, And lin gains are as in& Au the lorsathinin of ; •Whore th. bead kiss the warts, And disown:l4hr the Nash, , And any warm ifpi mate • . • The sweat lesneas ihiW ... • Como In beautiful dreads; ton, • Oh ! imam sod we'll IV . Ulm two winged spirit* Of love through the sky ; • • With hind olaspini*hitaii. . • Ou our drourn•witup we'll go W home tho Otris , light and *own .11glit Are blonding tkeirgrow; • And on we Wow Of purple and gold, • • - Till, lore, angels envy , the bliss they bebol4. A SNAKE STORY Here is A snake tale of extraordinary,laa einatirrgrikraling;`-eatertainiag, crushing, almost devouring interest. • Those who like much things--end almost everybody is fond or Snaig—will be hugely entertained with the noble and. agreeabliwintil, and with the novel and original t eats in serpent hunting which this 'Ainteilds. It is told by that indomitablin of the Jungles, Capt. Mayne "Groot Wil lem,"-oi Big - William, is a Duteh Boor of Southern Africa, and is one of a party of six whose hunting expedition into the inte rior is related In a molt veritable and graph ic manner by the Captain. this adventure behide, deeply interesting, to the reader , end damming his attention from the disown forts of the Reason,by fixing it on the Wait and the hot plains of Africa, enables no to 1111 up a space which, in the absc.ence of el new 4 we find it hard tb fill in any other GR WILLER PrIZONT (knot Willem awoke from his nap (In camp) before the others. It still wanted nearly two hours of sunset, and the hunter observing a reddish object at a distance, that lookc.l like some animal, shouldered his ro7riiii.ige Dud% gun) and proceeded to-. tiliil.; fit. Ile took with him onk of the buek dews, a-well trained andfavorite itnitUdAlat accotnpaniad him—den on a stalk.- xpedition. Thu red object which he had aeon was near the edge of the-valley, and at the Jot- loin of a rocky precipice that bounded it on that side. There were some trees grovin along the , foot the-cliff, and the hunter" ter calculated on being ainc.gab a'aTiofif the animal, wilatever'it was, from behind the cover of these trees. Ile 'continued on up the valley, and at length got near enough to tell what he was stalking at. It was a small antelope, with little erect horns four inches in length. The upper parts of its bo dy were a deep rod,. and un -1 1.11 white, tvhilo its snout and Paco wee , lack. The little creature was higher ati.;the croup ttfan at the withers, and en- , tirely without a tail, or with a tail only one inch' long that wore the appearance of a stump. Groot Willem was intent on stalk ing it, s us havliikks rib, for a roast atsup per. lie Was able to • appretteh it withoiit any dilliculty, as it was close to the bushes, and appeared not to be very shy. There wait but the oreatureltselt—a little buck ; and rarely is more than ono, or at most two of these antelope, seen together. Groot° Willem . was at length within range and wit, about to level hie iiiiittbh the gat*, When the Movements of the little animal caused him to bola his hands Itit_aizthe were very - oad iudetd. it Wsurnot btoastng it w~a 110 E standing still —it was not run ning away from the ground—and yet it was in constant notion. ' As already stated; it was close in to the pdga of the timber, Where astwtAbar ofennsU thin trees stood thinly over the ground. IO ITELLEFONTE, PA., W front al these the little buck was dancing tointt in a very, origutai manner. Now it rantetherighte left now zig zag—now it eta attilliictily backwards.— t,lien ran. felmarch; again—all the while its eyes turning inn particular direction and sinning brilliantly, as if the animal itself was in a state of unusual excitement. Groot Wilton' locked to diseonr the riPti;,P, or this odd inantiverit*tOte••pati, of Pie an. laype *Aernething• attiorig the elean-, trees scerntd to attract the notice of the animal, On Os viriething the eyes of the hunter rested on kvlit6 wontiminont and for some moments he trail unable jo ,make nut what • tt was: l ie --nkt — -It-glittoring—tEi lc ci=su silsOcisve sT, taYg mass neat the hottneizof one of 'l.llO. trove, but this MOOR ,at first Right appeared will dift tiny form, mitt •liiiiiirtietiSt Motionless. - _ As Gigot Willett) continued to gnse iifon it, havreVer, it gradually aseutned a form, or rather his eyes gradually traced one, for the Mass had not yet moved, • A hideous form it was— though ettlooth ottegnlarproportions—it was the form of • reptile—a Heruent A serpent at' enorrdous size ; for the Mass of its body, gathered up in it sort of irregu coil. covered the cround for the space of several square feet, while the body itself memued thic!for than the thighs of a full grows ! Tint head of the reptile rotted upou the top of tba Oiled body ; and on running 741 f, eyes a l ong th e i nsulted and glie tiling outlines, Groot 'Willem perceived that its tail wakdoubled around the sttsru of the clean wood,and held it with a firm gasp:" fbr the terpent belonged to a farndy whose tails ate furnished with horny claire like hooks, giving them a power of prehension in this member equal to that of a hand. This 31 the family of the Bolds, or -boas,' to which the °nein question was gent; -ally re lated. it was a python— the Python Natal 4irai44. Oiont Willem only knew it as the " rock snake," iod that is its ordinary designation, given it ea occount of its being a dweller /IMO* ?oaks and emny places. It might very preperly be called "rook iva," which would dietinguish it from its cousins of Ameries, the Anaconda, or £‘ water boa," and the true 'ban, which Is a denizen of the forest, and Which would therefore merit the Notwithstanding the difftrence .of the dwelling place of the Was sad the pythons, their habits ani''irery eitefiar. They lie in Weight for their prey, cagier° it with their abatis ietraotrile — ertalt:sitl; tiushitt i g It to death by constriction, snliillow it whole, though often the animal swallowed is much larger thin the diameter of their own bodies Their elastic museels, however, enable them to effect their purpose, aided by the slippery saliva which is — copiously supplied from thsty glands. When Groot Willem first saw this groat python. Its head was, lying over the mils of US be/Fraud Motionless. -Presently the head w raised np with the nook, and. sei erar;flisit the - b!iity and the parts thus erected Waved gently from side to side,with a sort of vibratory motion. The jaws were greatly extended, so that the iharfi retrio: tile teeth were plainly visible, and the forked tongue at intervals shot forward end gleam.. ed in the ann. The eyes CT thtlikeptile spar. kW like fire. It was a fearful object to look upon ! And yet the antelope did not appear to dread it.. On the contrary, it kept drawing nearer and nearer, excitedeither by curiosity pr fasci nation ! arc There are those who ridicule the Idee:--.f fascination on the part of serpents. But whether we are to believe in such pOwir 'or not, we cannot deny the fact. Oprtain it is, that whether it be cariosity, fear, or fasci nation, both birds and animals are moved to approach no only dePpente, but Crocodiles, until within leach of the jaws that &reopen I to devour. them , cOertairrie thiia, aud vouch ed 6.m. by the testimony of many a correct . Groot Willem witnessed the, strantrilow nonunion. When the buck got within..sonte six or eight feet 6rcho python, the head of .0 latter suddenly shois-out, and before the antelope, which now appeired making an ef fort to escape, could spring out of the way, ,wait *zed by the ttcjji of the reptile, rd dragged towards the tree. A number of quick contortions followed, and ,when Groot Willem looked again, the red body of the little antelope was almost hidden under the thick fold" of the spotted python, that writhing around it was crush ing it to death. ,Now it chanced that the sight of the great serpent was very gratifying to the eyes of good Willegp—far,mo . re so than any antelope. The reason was, that a friend of his, a young doctor, who was fond of the study of ,herpo tology, had requesti . d him to bring home the skins of such rani snakes is he might fall in with —bn tr ospetalally -that-of Um gm& _" roc k snake:" 'lore was a chance for the skin, Which °pot Willem had before searched for in vain. Ile hid another reason for being dretflcd; . and that was the splendid trophy 'it Would be, provided ho succeeded in obtaining it.— To kill a snake twenty feet long, and half as thick as a man—for the python appeared. to be both—would bo no small triumph The entelepe.wati forgotten_ and the snake became the ohjeot of the hunter:a akin. • Groot Willem had no skill about lie know An mode of attnieting this new, sort of enemy, ()saint dealing with•itaa he wrould with a quadruped,—giatnia, 'Joking it bullet into it--and thitilte Aiii4l4to inoinent , . 2,- '• . •., Ilk* 11.• • __ ... •:, :.-k, • % k r . mho , 1 ' . ... -, • - ~ • , , . : ~•It9 , ; . .. . , r '. • _ .. t . . ."' . 1 4• • • ' F - '' : *•tr:', : . • •-• .• , . .. • .• , - . , • , • 41 41 • j , 1,4,1. -.! • Mil tl i t i ni l"-:1111E ~ a. „,,.... , N D.,,:,.. I T MARCH 11,185 1 7 1 . , . . .........._ THADDE.OUS KOSCIUSKO. 6 , 24 443.11) - glincing. —r_ after. Ws througlihrs tie.,, ball .threugh the rhea... tile's body. The latter felt the shock, itn4;'atiddenly unfolding itselfrobropped, its tietim—now nothing more than a:maneettratiatse,with Retiree a bono in it. The rapktity with whiclithe snake glided it tiliowe9 that the wound had dCno it Ina little liarati, The Inniter thought of re-11-tilling again, when he perceived the serpent fast making to' the roeltei that - in liagh itia , ,s(ng lay piled up near-the bottom of the cliff, Among these waa his retreat ; and if it on hejl I t 'Sem, GnmtlYittr;nr - savrfltet, -net, - er set eyes onit again., Without . yip' pi reLtoad !US stunorthen, ho ran in • 'the the trees, and ro ll eiiiiiii trirdi trot - di by tlieSergent. ', • ' :I Although the snakes glide alotagrwith eon. siderable rapidity, they 'eon bylllasueans go so fast Is a man ; and in les4a dozen seconds firbot Willem had ot the py , then, and for that matter might hal trolden upon its tail. ' • 'l+ • There he was, dose beside this fearful looking monster, butwitliont the, owledge how to attack it. 110 bop') by striking at ita boo* with the but of his gdn ; but although his %Pews were delieerbdi fairly esaauelay-tha posediflod heel of his roer only &mad filobtWeitippery akin of the snake without hared% it,ln the least, or men retarding its progress towards the cliff. It made no attempt to tetelitte, but only seemed bent on escapinito its lair. It-was almost successful ; to Litho' Groot }gil . pounded away with all his might, it reacbcd :ho rocks in npitti of him, and had, buried loaf long body within a crevice (no doubt the entracs of its den) before the hunter thought of ehlosiiii , his tactics. it aas now a critical MuMen , l . With Groot Willem. Another instant, anti ths"'cmain tag of the snake would slip ontof sight, and then good bye to ft. A new determiTO- Lion to succeed came over the hunter. The snake was not • poisonous one, and there. fore the encounter tonld net be.very.dange. roes; It might bite him, bat kit had battled with many a biting creature beforeisew,and conquered them too. He Wank( try , . his strength upon the snake. Cutinthis roar aside, he stooped ind cought timpirthen by the t ui, and commenced hauling upon it... At the first pluck be drew the reptile several feet ontwiud, but tot& itotlmine; It then held fast, and notwlthstsusgstg his wraskstreasAiv-4"v't1,44. - ' fnl man—he was unable to dirstw I • • farther. The erea4oca had, on doitbt, got the fore part of bin body around an angle in the roeka, and Tided by ita mealy skip, yaw en abled to hold fut. Breit Willem pined with all htio teight.L- A sailor lira storm could relitrii;vo - bilited harder upco the rosin brace : all to no purme,servistanother foot of that part of the p y thon thstsras still visibM, could be lenglberied. About the half of 'lk/wee. still outside but the other ten feet vire buried within the dark recesses of the men. For several minntes Groot, Will* contin ued to exert his strength, dragttong cylinder until be could bear brie crack, but, without gaining an inch! On the contrary - , he had already lost several inChes. tvery time that he relaxed his held, the py thon was enabled to - move foretird'a Lit, and this ground it never gave upsipda. It Oroot Willem allowed it an inch:ltwasioce to struggle for an ell ! It had allt the ad ' vantage pn its side. Si it pulkel N uSiA while its antagonist was Outing his strength axainst it. , (boot Willem felt confident heitnild hold the python in this positiOn, as ong is be could stand upon his feetl but bat good would there be in se dole: T Re COUill kill it in thsj way. If he were to let go for but an instant, he very well knelt that the next infant would chow him the list inch of the tail disappearing into the ireviort No, he could not let go, and he was rowdy • init7t - o•Iet - giciiiifillie - iireslIthirtetst - try the patience of his opponent. May be it would tire of being thus held upon the " streteh,i' ho would let him pull a out again. If there had ohly, been some one with him to adannirder a. few smart blows upon the rreature's body, it would have been all well ; but the - iaitili - *Ls suety - liong,tifintanee off, and behind tho trees. His companions could neither see nor hear - him. After Standing on the strain a considera ble tkine, a bright, idea cote* tic brain of the hunter. There grew a email tiey beside him—in tell* was close by r n trunk. The dulled occurred, that, if by 'any means he could fasten the tail to the treet ho could then work with a stippling, ,and beat the snake to death at his pleasure. Ile was a ready fellow, Groot Willem, and a few momenta sufficed him to mature his plans. lie chanced to have a strong cord kit Ihnample_mcket pf ,hisikket l which.would serve to effect - the purpose, if leenWid only manage somehow to make it fast to the tail. This he proceeded , to do at once. Straggling tho snake so of tri hold it partly between his knees, he wag ena bl e d to loop the cord tightly around it, and the thing was dorie. In a minute more the oth er end of the cold was tightly Ilhobted around the trunk of the trop. Oroot Willem now broke off is grappling, determined either to heat the .hiiiiteirlialf - ct the python ton jelly„or make it surrender and show its heed. , . lle had not de!ivered the thivil blew w it - adopted the latter aliorootblokt r as* whole of Do body new gilded ripkr bat& out of tho crevices--so 'rapidly that Grout Willem was not able to avoid the onset of the enrage; reptile., and the nez4 ho vrazi gathered within its roils. So quick - Was the act that e boab.wee knew how it had been needmpliched. lie saw the head, _with, its_open jaws extended, dart to wards Mtn : he sprang to ono side, but fat the cold scaly body against hts limbs as if pulling him towards the tree ; And the mo ment after, he was swept close up'to the trunk, and pressed tightly against it, He had just time to perceive that the folds of the serpent, worn around his limbs. land also around the trunk of the tree—just time to feel that •the3r were gradually tight extelided jaws acid terrible teeth, came right olawnlitell:Milicei and tw eyes o f t#* sterzlennitd right Into his. ' ' A horrid sptiatarile it irse—s horrid sanc tion he teas in rbitt:Proot Wiliam wis not the boy to lose eithee courage or presence of pinti,;, and finding his arms If till free, he clutched forward seised the - reptile by the throat. 'Tehold its -head won aostsui much as he was able M.& with both Wade and withal' his strength ihut koheltteritrt the grasp of despair. Yerttmittwitikes for him that the tail of the python was sedurod by the theini And it was thusheld fast st both ends!' Had it been bthermine---bad either tail or head been free, so it . . coed hate used its poWers of 'constriction-din a few seconds more, Groot ',Mem weuld * hare been crushed as he had seen the antelope I:4ltmovr that 'both head slnd tail were fixed —the one by the cord, the other in the strong grasp of the hunter—the serpent was unable to exert its territde'pnwer ; and its folds reoilined loose around the limbs of its Intended ide101111.: It writh4;l its nock. and wriggled its body and changid ths spiral rings from one part to another—hoe all in 'bin. It oould do him no - harm ! Blow long this _ terrible struggle might hap lasted, would hive depentied upon how long the strength of the two could have held ou t; "Dr,:tot Wllkm could not free himself from the fob:ilia. his Lute as both Ma legs were bound to_ the tree ; and had he dropped the head of ;,he python fcr mo ment: he itnew it would ert.. o 4h him to death. The ellehe, on the other bland, c