"A close shave, indeed," Ned said, raising himself with difficulty from the ground.

"Another moment, and I think my ribs would have given in.

It seemed as if all the blood in my body had rushed to my head." "Do you feel badly hurt ?" Tom asked, anxiously.
"No," Ned said, feeling himself all over.

"Horribly bruised, but nothing broken.

To think of our not seeing that monstrous boa! "I don't think," he continued, "that I can walk any farther today.
I feel shaken all over." "Then we will camp where we are," Tom said cheerfully.