Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 562
rempty univalve shellsin which to maketheir homes, seize the fossil ones as readily asthe living, and scurry off,bearing upon their backshouses so old that, com-pared with them, themost ancient ruins ofhuman habitations werebuilt but yesterday. And these little housesof the hermit-crabs, al-though…
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