Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 216
the rope so it wouldnot be slack even before the greatest strain. Theautomobile engine was started slowly, and when the power was fully on, the big locomotive waspulled forward for about a hundred yards by thelittle motor, like a big elephant forced to moveonward against its will by a little one.… … THE SWEET-POTATO THAT HAS THE FORM OF A DUCK. a new species of duck, but in reality is a verygood portrait of a sweet-potato. Its only connec-tion with the bird is its suggestive resemblance.
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