Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 542
insect, con-cluded the professor, for it bites with oneend and stings with the other. This is what I call a nice quiet night!What next? murmured Jud, as he went backto his hammock. Sea-devils, snakes, lizards—and now its ants. I wonder what next? Next, however, was daylight, blazing with the… … THROUGH THE DOOR EG(.El) BIRD, NEARLY THREE FEET TALL Ditsons hammock was empty (for thescientist usually got up long before dayHght),and through the open door strutted a long-legged, wide-winged bird, nearly three feettall, with a shimmering blue breast andthroat. Without hesitating, it walked…
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