always put quicksilver in loaves of bread and float them off, becausethey always go right to the drownded carcass and stop there.
1.They think that the quicksilver in the loaves of bread will stop at a carcass
He was barefooted, and the snake bit him right on the heel. Thatall comes of my being such a fool as to not remember that whereveryou leave a dead snake its mate always comes there and curls aroundit. Jim told me to chop off the snake’s head and throw it away, andthen skin the body and roast a piece of it. I done it, and he eat it andsaid it would help cure him. He made me take off the rattles and tiethem around his wrist, too. He said that that would help. Then I slidout quiet and throwed the snakes clear away amongst the bushes; forI warn’t going to let Jim find out it was all my fault, not if I couldhelp it.
Huck feels bad for the snake biting Jim because of him. This action is done by a friend
Jim said if we had the canoe hid in a good place, and had all thetraps in the cavern, we could rush there if anybody was to come tothe island, and they would never find us without dogs.
hiding in a cavern and setting traps so when people try to find them they won't be able to
“Ef you’s got hairy arms en a hairy breas’, it’s a sign dat you’sagwyne to be rich.
1.if you have hairy arms and legs you'll be rich.
Some young birds come along, flying a yard or two at a time andlighting. Jim said it was a sign it was going to rain.
1.Thinks it's going to rain if chicken is flying overhead. 2.so they know when it's going to rain
and the nigger was set back considerable, because he reckoned it wasall done with witchcraft.
1.Huck thinks that Jim did some witchcraft
Iknowed what was the matter now. “Boom!” I see the white smokesquirt out of the ferryboat’s side. You see, they was firing cannonover the water, trying to make my carcass come to the top.
1.shooting cannonballs over the water make dead bodies rise to the surface.