Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 520
ving us away.Moths never touch greasy or unwashed wool orcloth. The housekeeper was just as careful with hercarpets, which were taken up and beaten once, andoften twice, during Summer, when we were about;and then sprinkled with salt, cayenne, black pep-per, and occasionally a little carbolic acid;… … FIG. 3.—HOUSE-MOTH, LARVA OR CATERPILLAR (NATURAL SIZE)AT WORK. season. Not a moth could or would put its noseinto that house ; and if one did by chance find itsway there, it was hunted and killed before it couldlay a single egg. My mother herself barely escapedbeing killed by the chamber-maid with…
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