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Page 305 - the wise men — is Cottoida, but the rest of the world call him Stickleback, I think one name is about as bad as the other. You never heard of such a thing ? Well, I mean you shall hear all about it in two or three minutes, for he's as funny a fellow
Page 184 - a broom—you would see them oftener than you do. It doesn't become me to brag, but if you know of any residence more graceful or elegant than mine, I'd like to know what it is. Some of my family live in a sort of tent made of a leaf lined with silk, which makes a pretty, though rather airy house.
Page 185 - One of my relatives who lives in the West Indies—a splendid fellow, with body an inch and a half long, and bushes of hair on his legs—fastens his house to a plant, and it looks like an oval silk ball. It is very aristocratic and nice. But I think the most wonderful house is made by the Trap-door Spider, another
Page 305 - You never heard of such a thing ? Well, I mean you shall hear all about it in two or three minutes, for he's as funny a fellow as I know anything about. He not only builds a house, but he takes care of the babies himself, which is even more
Page 20 - Then his nose is half as long as his body, so it can get into the ant-houses, you see. He has no teeth (he doesn't need them to eat such food with) and his tongue is small, and very long and sticky, and darts in and out so fast you can hardly see it, snatching up dozens of ants every time.
Page 266 - where they join. This curious little Sea Urchin finds lime in the sea water, and he takes it and enlarges his house at every joint, evenly and regularly, so that it is always exactly the right size for him. When he walks about, he has to take his house with him. Aren't you
Page 310 - Islands, where are caught fresh Cod for the London market. To get them home fresh, vessels are welled, that is, a large tank occupies the middle of it, and holes in the sides allow the water to pass freely through it. The best of the fish are put in, and they seem to do as well as if they had never been caught.
Page 185 - Others build hanging houses. Some are three or four inches long, slim and made of white silk; others are made of empty seed pods fastened together and lined with silk, for wherever one of the Arachnida family lives, she must have silk curtains to her house. with mud, because, you must know, there are many greedy insects who will eat every Spider baby they
Page 303 - the water goes back, and leaves the beach bare. Now, if the Clam would only keep quiet, he could never be found; but he has a funny fashion of spirting up little jets of sea water, several inches high. The squaw takes a long stick and goes after him. When he spirts up the water, she pushes the stick under,