Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 227
I oncehad three hundred of these little fellows,perfectly tame. Down in one corner ofthe corn-field I found two patent washing-machines, the beds of which wereshaped like scow-boats. These oldmachines were fast going toruin, and I readily gained per-mission to use them for; whatever purpose I… … A NATURAL AQUARIUM. square. The seam, or crack, where the two the sides. Back of it I piled rocks, and planted parts joined, was filled with oakum, and the ferns in all the cracks and crannies. I also put whole outside was thickly daubed with coal-tar. rocks in the center of the tank, first…
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