On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that he was headless--but his horror was still more increased on observingthat the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of his saddle
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