. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 244 EYE SPY into loops weaving the webty gauze about them, while a few hours hence all are concealed, as we see them now, in the completed long, oval, white cocoons which still re- main attached to his ; "Well," re- ^ ,>^;. marked my listener, " I guess he feels pretty sick; if he don't, I vow I feel sick for him. I knew something awful ailed him, but didn't know what. I thought the things were eggs. What's the good of it all, anyhow ? What do the cocoons tur
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 244 EYE SPY into loops weaving the webty gauze about them, while a few hours hence all are concealed, as we see them now, in the completed long, oval, white cocoons which still re- main attached to his ; "Well," re- ^ ,>^;. marked my listener, " I guess he feels pretty sick; if he don't, I vow I feel sick for him. I knew something awful ailed him, but didn't know what. I thought the things were eggs. What's the good of it all, anyhow ? What do the cocoons turn into ?" I have wished more than once that my friend could have been in my studio the day following his visit, in order to have witnessed the ocular answer to his last question. It was evident that his caterpillar specimen might have been discov-. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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