Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 254
my friends? Haveany of you ever seen a cannibal ant, so to speak;and especially a cannibal ant in the very act ofeating one of his fellow-beings? A LIVE JEWEL. Dear Jack : Will you please ask some of your young naturalistfriends to give the name of this beetle? 1 made the sketches froman insect… … The Little School-maam tells me that she knewa young lady in New York City who had one ofthese queer jewels. Though the maiden prob-ably would have screamed at the sight of any otherbeetle, she wore this pet specimen fastened to herdress in just the manner described by Victor in hisletter. The…
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