. Under the open sky; being a year with nature. Natural history. MARCH 37 awake, and in the morning we find those long winding ridges in the lawn whose source is unmistakable. THE MOLE AWAKES "Dig" is expressed in every line of the ^Jp mole's body. Digging is his life-work, and I to this Nature has adapted his every organ. | His eyes are of no use in this underground life, and so they have dwindled away until externally there is little sign of them. Ob- jects he probably never sees with any dis- tinctness, though he still can tell light from darkness. But he seems to recognize light
. Under the open sky; being a year with nature. Natural history. MARCH 37 awake, and in the morning we find those long winding ridges in the lawn whose source is unmistakable. THE MOLE AWAKES "Dig" is expressed in every line of the ^Jp mole's body. Digging is his life-work, and I to this Nature has adapted his every organ. | His eyes are of no use in this underground life, and so they have dwindled away until externally there is little sign of them. Ob- jects he probably never sees with any dis- tinctness, though he still can tell light from darkness. But he seems to recognize light only to avoid it. In the darkness of his tunnels not only would his eyes be useless, but dirt would be apt to get into them while he is digging; so they are gradually leaving him. The ears, too, or that part of them that projects from the head, would be in the way. So they have been discarded. The inner and essential part of the ear, how- ever, still remains, and the mole hears quite 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 Schmucker, Samuel Christian, b. 1860. Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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