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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.)
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red, where a minute ago there were thousands of them, andnot one can you ever dig up. They live in villages; that is, thereare large places entirely covered with their holes. Curious theylook, too, all over the beach, with tiny paths leading from one to IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 237 another of them. Then ten feet off, perhaps, there wont be oneof them to be seen. As long as the tide is out they never stop work; but the firsttiny wavelet that comes up, they all vanish into their holes, andevery little pill is washed off. That dont seem to discourage them,however, for the minute the tide leaves the beach bare again, therethey are, all busy making pills as though they had the world tosupply. You can call this curious little fellow a Doctor, but if you wantto give him his common name, you must call him the Pill-makingCrab, and if you are ambitious and want to be very scientific, youmust call him Sphcerapocia Collingwoodu That is, if you can pro-nounce such a dreadful name. 238 LITTLE FOLKS<
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DEAF AND DUMB. Yes, and blind, too, some people say, though others think thetwo little black spots at the end of his feelers — or horns—areeyes. Curious things those horns are, too; they can be drawn in likethe finger to a glove when it sticks to your finger and turns wrongside out, and pushed out in the same comical way. The personagewhose picture we have here, is the Edible Snail—which means thathe is the kind people eat. I suppose you knew before now, thatSnails are a favorite article of food, with many people, and theEdible Snail is cultivated and fattened for the table. The Romanseven went so far as to build Snaileries, where these creatures werefed on meal and wine, and thus made very fat. Even now, it issaid, there are some of these fattening houses in Europe, whereSnails can be bought like beef in a market. The Snail lives on leaves and tender fruit; indeed, gardeners aretheir worst enemies, because hes wise enough to select the bestfruits for his dinner. He is thought b

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