The blue racer is a Western snaik, about 6 feet in length, ov a pale
blue color, and the smartest snaix, for suddenness, in the universe.
They kan run, on a unmown meaddo, as fast as ahoss, with their heds
about 2 foot high, and their whole boddy bileing with muscles.
They are az harmless az a rabbit, and will run if you chase them, and
then will turn and chase you, if you want them tew play "_tag_."
They are froliksom cusses, but I never did hanker for sitch kind of
refreshments.
They are the nicest kind ov a mark to shoot at.
Draw a fine sight on their heds when they hold up abov the turf, and let
them hav one barrell ov number 6 shot, and the hed will be missing, and
the ballance ov the snaix will be looking after the hed in a grate
hurry, turning all sorts of back summersets and double and twisted bo
knots, and hirogliphick kontortions for 20 minutes, before they make up
their mind that it is safe tew die.
It is a dredful krewel sight tew see them ketch a frog, it iz alwus done
on a run, and done quick, for the poor frog don't stand enny more chance
ov getting away than a chesnutt tree duz when lightning fires up, and
goes for it.
They swallo the frog whole, and stik out with a frog in them like a yung
purp who haz allowed a quart ov buttermilk tew find its way into him.