Godey's lady's book 1862 Jan -June; Jul - Dec (1862)
Hale, Sarah Josepha, 1788 - 1879, Godey, Louis Antoine, 1804 - 1878 (eds.) · Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey · leaf 846
n indoorsnumbers of insects, and the common house-Hieswere crawling up the window-frames and onthe-ceiling of the room. How do these fel-lows manage to walk straight up, and with theirheads down in this way, without falling, I won-der? said James. Wont your microscopetell you ? was the reply, which… … the side of each claw, of which there are twoon a flys foot, is a pad or cushion, which actsas a sucker, just on the same principle that theleatber-snckers by which boys raise stonesare made to act. This is one cause of the flyspower to walk anywhere .and in any way, as hedoes. Added to this, each…
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