Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 114
,when absolutely necessary. Nature can so readjusther workings in the constitution of animals thatwhat is apparently absolutely vital to us—water— is not at all requisite for their health and well-being. N. TOURNEUR. This sketch calls attention to some very inter-esting zoological facts, which thus… … WOOn-RAT. From specimen in the National Museum, Washington, D. C the wood-rat of the same region. Of course itdoes rain occasionally in all deserts; l)ut, for allthat, the desert mammals and birds are so nearlywaterproof that the wonder is almost as greatas if it never rained at all. I was…
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