Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 547
the mostslender twigs of the elm tree ! And how much skill it requires to fastenit there in a way to withstand the winds and storms ! What a ivast difference in form and location between that and the nestof a kingfisher in the bank of a pond, or of a rough-winged swallow in a stone wall! And see… … NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. I033 in their usual but unique places, and we shallfind that the ordinary work of some of thebuilders and their locations are no less won-derful than the curiosities which we some-times come across. What a variety of ways and means thereis ! Let us again look at…
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