Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
their elders. the secret carver. Dear Jack-in-the-Pulpit :Looking through my sketch-book, a few days ago, I cameacross this sketch which Imade while in London, es-pecially for you. It representsthe remains of a square postof a door of a government of-fice at Jamestown, St. Helena,and it was… … THE DESTRUCTIVE WORK OF WHITE ANTS. THE DOTTED LINESHOWS THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE TIMBER. with its string-like pieces of tougher fiber hanging fromthe branches like moss from southern trees. On closelyinspecting this skeleton, I observed that every part of ithad been most beautifully grooved; not…
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