Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 114
Island, whichlies 120 miles or so northeastof Pitcairn Island, in thePacific. This island, which isno more than six miles in ex-tent, has no springs, swampy grounds, or rain-holes. It is destitute of water. Yet on it are I9I4-] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 77 found a rat, a lizard, described… … POCKET-MOUSE.From specimen in the National Museum, Washington, D C. dew can slake their thirst, live and thrive with-out any evidence of suffering from the depriva-tion of it. But perhaps the most singular instance of athirst-proof animal is the pocket-mouse, one ofthe common rodents of the desert.…
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