Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
ir power of visionis not very acute. The sudden separation prob-ably was due to fright at something. Fiddler-crabs are extremely interesting andworthy of more careful and extended observa-tions than have yet been made by scientificmen. We hope the boys and girls will assistfurther in this matter.… … FEEDING A PET BUTTERFLY. weak that its wings hung over its back. We tamed it sothat it would walk on our hands. We fed it on four-o-clocks and nasturtiums. Then we made it a house outof a pasteboard box, and kept it till winter. Then wedid not know what to feed it, so we had to let it go.Sincerely…
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