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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 84

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and so mysterious about this soft-footed marauder that it even lends a fascinationto his home. 644 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 645 A fly-by-night sort of home is that of ourfriend the bob-white, yet it seems to serve thepurpose very well. Under the broad, low boughof a small pine- or… … THE WOLFS DEN IS SIMPLY A HOLE DUG IN THE SIDEOF A BANK OR A SMALL NATURAL CAVE. The home of the elegant little harvest-mousenext claims our attention. It is built upon threeor four rank grass stems and is situated a footor so from the ground. In form it is globularand about four inches in…

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