Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 358
ullof water, it will, when you are ready for it to doso, slowly move head first along the surface ofthe water without your touching it. (Care mustbe taken to lay it gently on the water, so as notto wet the upper surface of the paper.) Thefish, of course, lies flat on the water. The secret lies, not… … passing out of the channel which leads fromthe hole A to B; and in issuing from this chan-nel it will push the fish forward. A JUMPING TRICK. Lay ten tooth-picks in a row at equal dis-tances. Move them by jumping, as incheckers, so that two shall be jumped eachtime, and at last five pairs remain.…
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