Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 96
ntry road last September, I saw a grasshopperclinging to a stalk of golden-rod. He was large,and I touched him gently to make him jump. Hedid not move. I touched him again, but he wasstill. Then I broke off the stalk, and he clungto it without a motion. He was dead. So Ibrought him home and drew… … last ness; and it seemed stranger that he should nothave dropped down after the breath left his brownand brittle frame. His four fore legs were claspedaround the stem; and of his long j umping-legs, onewas drawn up close to the body and the other wasstretched out as shown in the picture I send…
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