Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 207
view nearly all of the time we had every hope ofwitnessing the capture, but in this we were destined todisappointment. We had been in attendance on herfor about a quarter of an hour when, after disappearingfor a few moments under the thick purslane leaves, shecame out with a green caterpillar. We… … She Hurried along, Unembarrassed by theWeight of Her Victim. up with her. She hurried along with the same motionas before, unembarrassed by the weight of her victim.Twice she dropped it and circled over it a moment be-fore taking it again. For sixtyfeet she kept to open ground,passing be-tween…
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