Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 85
h quite used to hisnew life and at home in the house, he was still,away down in the depths of his little coon heart,just exactly what he was born to be—a fur-cladforest burglar, wearing a black domino, delight-ing to dabble in the mud, and truly at home no-where but in the gloom of the midnight… … NEVER ALIGHTS ON TREES. The chimney-swift is well named, for it usu-ally makes its home in a chimney, sometimesin a hollow tree, and few birds can equal its THE COMMON BLACK-SNAKE. to show fight, than poisonous snakes. As an example,I once saw a black-snake that tried its best to scare meoff and…
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