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Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings (1901)

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 211

An illustration from Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings, 1901, leaf 211 — The Mother Teal and the Overland Route lunge at the mother; but she could dive, and giving a good-by splash, she easily disappeared. Far in the rushes she came up, and called a gentle quack , quack / The nine tired little ones came to her, and safely they rested at last. But that was not all. Just… … valiant Kingbird had overtaken the Hawk over the pond. At the first blow of his bill the Hawk had shrieked and dropped his prey ; the little Duck fell unharmed into the water, and escaped into the rushes till his mother and brothers came, then he rejoined them, and they lived happily in the great…

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