Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 166
IT. 151 A LIVING BAROMETER. Dear Jack : Do you know that several of oursmaller animals are so sensitive to changes fromheat to cold, and from dry to moist, that they fore-tell those changes some time in advance? ago I was fortunate enough to catch a tree-toad,and having heard of his ability as a… … I■Mil : te^rac In the Smithsonian Institutions list of animalsvaluable to man, the tree-toad is mentioned as anexcellent weather-prophet, and I can testify to itspower of foretelling the change in the weather. Ihave in my possession a paper-weight in the formof a bronze frog supporting upon its…
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