Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 571
air willhardly hold.—H. E. Williams, Acting Chief U. S. Wea-ther Bureau. At first thought, the suggestion that polliwogshad hatched in the air does seem ludicrous. Andyet let us give it a little careful thought and seeif it is impossible. Hatching we understand tomean the breaking of the living… … TADPOLES READY TO BREAK OUT OF THE FRAGILE EGGS objects with it, then why not frogs* eggs? Itseems not impossible that the tadpoles might behatched out by the shaking caused by strong cur-rents of wind, or by jostling against other small objects high in the air. Even if it is an unusualsuggestion…
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