Natural History, Or, Uncle Philip's Conversations with the Children about Tools and Trades Among Inferior Animals: With Numerous EngravingsJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 216 páginas |
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Página 33 - Mr. Wilson says, that he one day showed one of these nests to an old lady, and she was so much struck with the work, that she asked him, half in earnest, if he did not think these birds could be taught to darn stockings.
Página 192 - Its greatest diameter was five inches, and the smallest four. The entrance was two-thirds or more of the whole height, as seen on the outside ; but within it almost reached the arch of the ceiling above. ' " The interior of this nest was so neatly worked and felted together, that it might have been taken for a piece of fine cloth, a little worn...
Página 78 - When clothes were hung out to dry, he would take them off" the line, and as soon as they were missed, the washerwoman knew very well where they were. She kept a long stick with a hook at the end of it, and with this she drew them out of the burrow.
Página 117 - ... size, so that it is wonderful it did not fall over or break by its own weight before they got it joined to the side of the column above. It was strengthened by a small arch at the bottom, and had a hollow or groove all the length of the...
Página 103 - But he went on weeping wildly and it was a long time before he came to his senses. "Don't be so hard on yourself, brother,