Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 676
ry effective against smallenemies. It is said that they will shoot as much as adozen times in succession, but I have never been ableto make them shoot more than two or three times.It is also said that when the reservoir which containsthe liquid is opened by dissection, it effervesces andevaporates… … THE TRUE WATER-SPIDER. Not found in this country. It carries bubbles of air intoits under-the-water home. a back-swimmer not a water-spider. Worcester, Mass.Dear St. Nicholas: Yesterday I discovered whatI suppose to be a water-spider, and found it so interest-ing I thought your readers would like…
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