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 255
The Kangaroo Rat him a fairy. When I saw him I said, “ Why, it’s only a Kangaroo Rat.” But after I had watched him a couple of weeks in the cage I realized fully that millions of little creatures with such energy, working for thousands of years, could not but change the whole surface of a country,… … There was one more lesson, a great surprise, in store for me. It is well known to scientists that the common House-mouse has a song not unlike that of some Birds. Occasionally gifted individuals are found that fill our closet or cellar with midnight music that a Canary might be proud of. F urther…
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