. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. Ill CHAPTER XVII. THE BOATING-PARTY. — ^^JNE pleasant afternoon the boys all met in the grove on the shore of the pond. Frank, as usual, was skipping about, and had just tumbled and rolled over and over on the grass when Mr. Benedict came up the lane and joined the party. "Take care, Frankie," said he; "if you stand on your little feet in that fashion we shall have to leave you at ; "O, I '11 do just what you tell me to," said Frank. Just th
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. Ill CHAPTER XVII. THE BOATING-PARTY. — ^^JNE pleasant afternoon the boys all met in the grove on the shore of the pond. Frank, as usual, was skipping about, and had just tumbled and rolled over and over on the grass when Mr. Benedict came up the lane and joined the party. "Take care, Frankie," said he; "if you stand on your little feet in that fashion we shall have to leave you at ; "O, I '11 do just what you tell me to," said Frank. Just then a splendid green Dragon-Fly darted past them, and Frank with a great flourish threw his net. " Hurrah for the first specimen!" said he ; but he looked suddenly very blank as the insect quietly soared off over his head. " Why did n't you catch him, Frankie ?" said Tom. "You try, and then you will know without asking," re- plied Frank. " But only see how many Dragon-Flies there are off over those blue Pickerel-Weed blossoms in the ; " What did you call those blue flowers, Frank ?" asked 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 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899. Boston, Ticknor and Fields
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