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Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ragain, and all go in one flock. They eat grass and clover, and arcspecially useful in eating the seeds of a plant which bears burrsthat do great damage by getting entangled in the wool of sheep. At all times, too, they eat insects and snakes, and other smallreptiles. 102 LITTLE FOLKS These birds are very valuable to the people where they live,and are hunted with the lasso, and sometimes with dogs. Theflesh is eaten, and the fat made into oil. Of the skin of the neck,bags are made, and the poorer feathers are woven into beautifulrugs. The best feathers are almost as valuable as those of theAfrican Ostrich, and the next in quality are made into dustbrushes. The eggs also are much liked. One Nandu egg is equal tofifteen hens eggs, and it cooks in its own shell, in the same way asthose of his African namesake. They are said to live fifteen years, and are easily tamed, beingin fact, afraid of nothing but an Indian, whom they seem to recog-nize as an enemy at once. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 103
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A HOUSE ON AN ISLAND. In the middle of a pretty little lake, in a certain park that Isometimes visit, is a lovely little island. It isnt much bigger than a good sized room, and is coveredwith ejrass and small trees. In the middle of it is a house, the very cunningest one I eversaw. It is made of rustic work, as youve seen sofas and chairs ingardens, and is all overrun with vines. Theres no way to get to this pretty residence, but by boat, or 104 LITTLE FOLKS by swimming, so of course boys and girls who go to the park, canonly look at it from the shore, and wish they had it for a play house. It isnt put there just to look at, however. Little as it is, itsthe home of quite a family—Papa, Mamma, and six or eight babies.The parents are white as snow, dignified and majestic in theirmovements, and very haughty to the common residents in theneighborhood, who dont live in an elegant home on an island; butthe children wear neat gray suits till theyre grown up. If you want to see these aristo

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