Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 162
ws(c), elliptical in form, and also connected to thebody by long, slender lines. Behind the bodyare two spoon-shaped shadows, connected to itby short black lines. Remembering that insectsare six-legged creatures, I had no difficulty inrecognizing these portions of the shadow ascaused by the… … I HE WATEB-BUG s SHADOW. then I noticed around each foot-shadow, butnot around the body-shadow, a circle or borderof brilliant light. Here was the key to one riddle : Under eachfoot the water was pressed down into a littleconcavity or pit. This depression acted as aconcave lens, refracting the…
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