Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 268
o get a living.When they seesomething whichthey would relishfor dinner, thehinges spring open,theslidesshoveout,and the hooks clingin, and in one in-stant of time theirprey is secured.And that is theway thesedumpish-looking little chapsgo a- fishing.You surely wouldnever call themdull fellows if… … THE HOME OF THE DARNING-NEEDLE. and serve them up in smacking jstgood meat-pies. Perhaps you would like toknow how these little fellows getabout so fast. Neither fins norpaddles of any kind are used inchasing their prey, nor to helpthem handle it when caught. Butto get about they have a way oftheir…
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