Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 404
eat, but thewing-shaped pieces that stand out all around, as isshown in the cross-section view on the left-handside of the picture, are still not accounted for. Mr. Darwin and several other scientific observ-ers think the tube is at first very large, and that,while still soft, it is pressed into… … certainly provide a comfortable retreat for many alittle creature of retiring disposition, for it is hollowand is lined throughout with smooth, clean glass.Sometimes specimens of its kind are found thatare more than twenty feet in length. These mysterious glass-lined tubes are, however,not found in…
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