. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. SLIPPERY SOLOMON. 197. wise men, and Carapo by the South Americans. He didn't like the tank he Uved in nearly as well as the river Amazon, though it was a good, big tank, and he had it all to himself. He coald lie at full length in it, and he could wriggle, — oh! how he could wrig- gle ! Positively, even a boy taking his medicine is nothing corn- pared with Slippery Solomon when he wanted his dinner. By the way, I must tell you how he took it. His servant brought it to him every day at one o'cl
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. SLIPPERY SOLOMON. 197. wise men, and Carapo by the South Americans. He didn't like the tank he Uved in nearly as well as the river Amazon, though it was a good, big tank, and he had it all to himself. He coald lie at full length in it, and he could wriggle, — oh! how he could wrig- gle ! Positively, even a boy taking his medicine is nothing corn- pared with Slippery Solomon when he wanted his dinner. By the way, I must tell you how he took it. His servant brought it to him every day at one o'clock precisely. If he was late Solomon invariably bit him, which served him quite right. The dinner consisted of a number of live fish, which wei-e thrown, one by one, into the tank. Xow, how did Solomon behave. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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