Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 567
er and dryer ground, and look for some hill-ock, or old ant-hill, under which to dig their home.In digging they scratch rapidly with the fore-feet afew times, and then throw back the earth to a greatdistance with the hind-feet, frequently looseningthe dirt with their teeth, and pushing it aside… … THE MOUSE AND THE OYSTER. rows are only five or six inches below the surface,and sometimes are simply hollowed out under agreat stone, but are remarkable for the numerousand complicated chambers and side passages ofwhich they are composed. In one of the largest rooms of this subterranean house is…
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