Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 453
of space as much as seven hundred feet inlength faster than the eye can follow them. Indarting across small streams, sometimes they fallshort and come down in the water, when, ofcourse, they are obliged to swim the remainder ofthe distance. Sometimes they are found in largestreams, so it is not… … FLYING TREE-TOAD. from one to another with safety and speed, is pro-vided with immense webbed feet that serve thesame purpose in sustaining it during flight as doesthe membrane of the draco (or flying-lizard). Theylaunch themselves fearlessly from a branch, theirfeet held flat and toes stretched…
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