Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 692
raysand. When you hold them up to the light you cansee that they are full of tiny holes. They are notrough, but perfectly smooth on both sides. I will sendyou some by this mail. Can you tell me what they areand how they are made? Your young friend, Dorothy A. Baldwin (age 14). These are the queer… … LIKE A COLONY OF LAMP-SHADES. (The egg-cases of a snail.) 34 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [Oct. In this gelatinous substance the eggs are de-posited in regular order. It is these trans-parent eggs, or egg-places, in the sheet thatyou describe as tiny holes. Your descrip-tion of the…
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