Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 106
As the latter swims nearly sub-merged, the eyes seem to float on the surface ofthe water like two shiny glass marbles. Pygmy elephants were discovered in 1905.The specimen at the New York Zoological Parkis about fourteen years of age. A SPONGE OF GLASSY MATERIAL glass-sponge is often applied to the… … THE INTERLACING FIBERS OF ONE END OF THEVENUS FLOWER-BASKET. Our young people are undoubtedly familiar withthe fact that the sponge, as we ordinarily knowit, is in reality the flexible skeleton of a colonyof salt-water animals. The Venus flower-basket, a favorite and beau-tiful object found in many…
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