Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 408
a solution ofindia rubber, and it is expected that this glutinous liquid will be veryvaluable for cement and water-proofing. Yours truly, Janet C. W. No, my birds have not described this identicalsort of gifted insect, but a little quail of my ac-quaintance says if he ever should taste one hewould… … The Deacon, by the way, wishes me to showyou this picture of what he calls A Railway-Velocipede, and he says it will interest all theyoung St. Nicholas wheelmen, whoever theymay be. The Deacon adds that the queer veloci-pede is an actual machine, and is explained bythis letter to him from a certain…
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