Labrador, the country and the people . house building, some preferring wood, others stone,but the caddis carpenters and masons do not always build in thesame manner. Some place the sticks crosswise, while othersarrange them longitudinally; some have the curious habit ofdecorating by fastening shells, etc., to the outside of their houses;others make a case largely composed of pieces of leaves. Thenumerous masons seem to be very particular about the size of thestones and the shape and position of their domiciles. One willmake a beautiful tube of sand, unattached, in which it wandersto all parts
Labrador, the country and the people . house building, some preferring wood, others stone,but the caddis carpenters and masons do not always build in thesame manner. Some place the sticks crosswise, while othersarrange them longitudinally; some have the curious habit ofdecorating by fastening shells, etc., to the outside of their houses;others make a case largely composed of pieces of leaves. Thenumerous masons seem to be very particular about the size of thestones and the shape and position of their domiciles. One willmake a beautiful tube of sand, unattached, in which it wandersto all parts of the stream; another will make a spiral tube so closelyresembling a snail-shell as to lead a conchologist to describe it as amollusk. One, commonly observed in running streams, is madeof a few small pebbles attached to a large stone. Some of thedwellers in these rude homes are also fishermen and construct afunnel-shaped net at their doors, with the opening nets are made of silken threads, such as are used in fastening. Fig. 15. yEshna constricta
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