Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 162
..a THE WATER-BUG. as may be seen in Fig. 2, which was drawnfrom a similar bug, although I was not able tocatch one of the identical bugs I am describing.This is certainly a picture of a very near rela-tive, however, if not of a brother, and serves ourpurpose sufficiently well. The insect rests… … its feet, but a considerable portion of its legs.The hind legs were in contact all the way fromthe joint c, the fore legs for the shorter distance 638 A SHADOW-LESSON. from d to b, Fig. 2. This explains the differingshapes of the forward and rear shadows. Ifyou will experiment with some little…
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