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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 482

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and Science De-partment very much. The other day, as I was walkingin the woods with a friend, he told me that on mosttrees the moss grows on the north side of the trunk,and I looked and saw that what he told me was true.Would you please tell me why it grows on the northside and not so much on the… … RUllV-THROATED HUMMING-BIRDS. in the hammock underneath the vine, I s.iw a little hum-ming-bird. He wanted to get the honey that was inthe flower, but his tongue was not long enough, so hemade a little hole in the side, through which he gotthe honey. After that I watched a great many, andfound that…

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