Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 100
must be softened in orderto carve them. This is a mistake. They can besoftened only by a high degree of heat, eitherdry or moist, but they will remain soft for notmore than ten minutes. In carving horn one must cut away all exceptthe figure that one wishes to represent. This isslow, hard work.… … THE CARROT THAT GREW IN THE FORM OF A HAND. land, who says the carrot was dug up in thegarden of an inn called The Hand. This inn,by a remarkable coincidence, has as its sign theupright red hand familiar in baronets coats ofarms. Mr. Robinson supposes that the growing-point of the carrot had been…
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