Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 499
here), thebutterfly would in al-most every instancecreep upon the ex-tended finger, where,after one or two trials, it wouldsit contentedly, sipping its sugar-water.One of Jacks pets used his front feet in avery impatient way, kicking out right and left,as if hunting for the finger which was usually… … THE BUTTERFLY ON THE Cl/RTAIN. which there was about a gill of water. At thesame time he alternately projected and drewin the trunk-like proboscis with which he fed— which is altogether a remarkable and veryinteresting feature. When not in use, this or-gan is coiled up very closely, and when…
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