Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 161
strong desire to see it, succeededin inducing its owners to lend it to him in orderthat my wish might be gratified. Rarely have I experienced greater pleasure thanwhen 1 carefully opened the box in which it had tion of petrified birds-nests was found save inReess old volumes, where I found fossils… … safely traveled from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts,and with nervous fingers removed the cotton whichprotected the delicate treasure. I have had aphotograph made of the nest as I then saw it,looking down upon it from above, showing theeggs. It corresponded perfectly with the descrip-tion I had…
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