Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 672
from us, crawling alongthe bottom of the stream by means of his fourpairs of legs. We bend down cautiously toseize him, but before we can realize it the ras-cal has eluded us. With sudden jerks he israpidly swimming backward, propelled by thestrokes of the broad fan-shaped tail which ter-minates… … CRAWFISH IN THEIR MOUNDS. feelers, one ending in two short-jointed fila-ments, like a whip-lash, which is more thanhalf the length of the animals body. If we can keep track of him and follow himto the bank, he will surely retreat into his for-tress. Here at our feet are many of theselittle…
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