Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 547
ain hit the straw in two,and again the upper portion settled down. Inhis way he bit off five lengths of straw before hecould bring the grain within reach of his paws.These forepaws were very skilful little hands,and he deftly husked a grain and ate it, sittingerect and holding it to his mouth as… … IS IT A NEW VARIETY? has hitherto escaped notice, botanists are unableto determine. Curiously enough, it resembles ingeneral contour the famed Travelers Palm ofthe tropics, and like that interesting plant, thiscactus stores up water for the thirsty wayfarerbehind its thorny armor. A guess has been…
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