16/21 She therefore continued to hang on the lowest limb of the pecan--so near its extremity, that the branch bent under her weight. It would not have carried another 'possum--much less the heavier body of a lynx; and the latter, with the "eye of a lynx," saw that at a glance. He first crawled out upon the limb, proceeding with great caution as far as he dared venture; and then with outstretched claw endeavoured to reach the rings of her tail, thinking he might scratch them off. In this he was not successful. He could barely touch the tail with his toes; and he might just as well have tried to open the claws of an eagle. |