. The Audubon magazine . with its droppingsand finally with its body, to the enrichmentof the soil. The ants perform an impor-tant share of the general duty, for no crea-ture can crawl anywhere to die but the antswill soon find it. This labor of scavenging,shared in by the ants, the jackals and thevultures, is a most important one for it were neglected, the air would bepoisoned by putrid exhalations from decay- 20S CIia7lcys Wonderful Jo7i7iicy. ing bodies; but by eating and converting itinto plant food, they prevent waste as wellas keep the air pure. The sun was now long past the merid
. The Audubon magazine . with its droppingsand finally with its body, to the enrichmentof the soil. The ants perform an impor-tant share of the general duty, for no crea-ture can crawl anywhere to die but the antswill soon find it. This labor of scavenging,shared in by the ants, the jackals and thevultures, is a most important one for it were neglected, the air would bepoisoned by putrid exhalations from decay- 20S CIia7lcys Wonderful Jo7i7iicy. ing bodies; but by eating and converting itinto plant food, they prevent waste as wellas keep the air pure. The sun was now long past the meridian. Leaving the ants to dissect the squirrel anddispose of the fragments, Ghopal shoul-dered his now familiar burthen and set outfor Mora. CHARLEYS ^V O N D E R F U L JOURNEY, • \/0U appear to be a stranger to theseX parts, said the Kangaroo, as hesuddenly halted before Charley, why, Ideclare I never saw anybody like you be-fore. * I know you very well, sir, said Charley,raising his hat politely, youre the Well, I suppose we are all Kangaroos, the opossums and the birds. Every-body that jumps on two legs must be aKangaroo. But sakes alive, I never sawanybody like you behind! AVhat on earthhave you done with your tail? How canyou jump without it ? We dont use tails for jumping with,said Charley. Then what do you use them for ? askedthe Kangaroo. Why, for making soup principally, saidCharley. Making soup with your tail! exclaimedthe Kangaroo, why, I never heard of sucha thing. How do you make it? Oh, you put the tail into a pot withsome water and boil it, and then you putsome salt in it and some onions, and whenit is boiled long enough it is ready to eat. And did you make soup of your tail and eat it? asked the Kangaroo somewhat in-credulously. I? Oh no, I never had any tail, saidCharley, boys and girls do not have tails. Then how could you make tail soup, ifyou never had any tail? asked the Kan-garoo. Oh, we use oxtails at home, said Char-ley, but I have re
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