Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 124
ereand there; water-rats slilyslipping into their crannies,and bright water-insectsrocking at the surface onreed and tangle-weed. See-ing all this, our birds havenot seen half; but they haveample time to look; forbird-life is not the un-certain thing in Holland that it is here. Theyare citizens… … They are not afraid of guns,for the law has its eye onthe gunners; and, strangestof all, they see nothing ter-rible in small boys ! Youngeyes, to be sure, often peepinto their nests; but theowners have been taughtnot to rob nor molest.Human mothers and birdmothers are in secret league.Indeed, the…
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