Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 201
the aid of a lens you can see the folds in theparchment-like heads of these drums. Strongmuscles are attached to these heads, and throwthem into vibration, which, with a complex ar-rangement of cavities and sounding-boards, pro-duces a noise that is surprisingly large when weconsider the size of… … THE LARGE SAND-WASP, OR CICADA-KILLER. (Natural size.) the large sand-wasp known as the cicada-killer. Many a cicada song is suddenly si-lenced because the singer is pounced upon by capturing a saw-fish. St. Andrews Bay, Fla.Dear St. Nicholas : As we were coming from townin our launch, we ran over…
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