. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. hat always walks with hishead down ? I dont mean a fly on the ceiling, but an animal aslarge as a good-sized dog. It is the sloth, and Ive told you allabout him, too. The daintiest way of getting about, for one that has no wings,is practiced by a tiny speck of a spider. She has a fancy to travelup in the air, so she throws out ever so many threads, which shespins, keeping hold of one end—of course. When there are enoughto hold her up, the first breeze carries her off, and away she goes,high up in the air, quite out of sight. Who would
. Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither. hat always walks with hishead down ? I dont mean a fly on the ceiling, but an animal aslarge as a good-sized dog. It is the sloth, and Ive told you allabout him, too. The daintiest way of getting about, for one that has no wings,is practiced by a tiny speck of a spider. She has a fancy to travelup in the air, so she throws out ever so many threads, which shespins, keeping hold of one end—of course. When there are enoughto hold her up, the first breeze carries her off, and away she goes,high up in the air, quite out of sight. Who would ever suspect a spider of going up in a balloon ? IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 345 HOW THEY ARE CAUGHT. I have told you various ways in which fishes are caught — as Iwent along—but now I want to tell you about the capture of thebeautiful and wonderful creatures who live on the bottom of thesea, where lines, and nets, and harpoons, and all such things can-not reach. It is done by the Dredge. Here is the picture of one; thecommon kind used in oyster It consists — as you see—of a strong net, shaped like a purse,and fastened on to a strong iron frame. The bottom of the frameis flat, like a scraper, and a scraper it is, too. The whole machineis dropped over from a ship, and dragged along the ground fora while. Of course, anything before it, not too large to get in,must be drawn up, when at last they draw the Dredge up on deckand proceed to empty it. 346 LITTLE FOLKS
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