The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 32
David Starr Jordan. clustered together on her back, she sails beforethe wind, apparently trusting to luck to bring herdown in a place favorable for her family. Herballoons have been seen floating at a height offrom one thousand to two thousand feet, and, be-fore a brisk wind, they may fly for a… … THE FLYING-SQUIKKEL. THE FLYING-FROG. In neither of these, as with the flying -fish, is there really flight, as a bird flies, by action of wings. scatter them over a wide extent of country. This an engine to force the machine forward; thelittle Texas creature weighs only about two squirrels, the…
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