. St. Nicholas [serial]. •IJM-: bUOT WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH BARLEY FROM A SACK NEAR BV. I9I5] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 77. THE FAMOUS CHI HA-TKIi K AT NASSAT, HAUAMA ISLANDS. that these small creatures have very decidedideas in matters pertaining to personal com-fort. There were two general rooms, oneevidently intended for baby wood-rats, beingalmost filled with the soft down of various plants,bits of cotton-like material, and soft bark—a reg-ular feather-bed. The second room was appar-ently a lounging-place, or sitting-room where, asFred suggested, they originated the pranks they
. St. Nicholas [serial]. •IJM-: bUOT WAS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH BARLEY FROM A SACK NEAR BV. I9I5] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 77. THE FAMOUS CHI HA-TKIi K AT NASSAT, HAUAMA ISLANDS. that these small creatures have very decidedideas in matters pertaining to personal com-fort. There were two general rooms, oneevidently intended for baby wood-rats, beingalmost filled with the soft down of various plants,bits of cotton-like material, and soft bark—a reg-ular feather-bed. The second room was appar-ently a lounging-place, or sitting-room where, asFred suggested, they originated the pranks theywere to indulge in. From these rooms many pas-sages led in various directions, one or more ex-tending into the ground; so that, while the boyssurrounded the nest and were jubilant in theanticipation of capturing the inhabitants, the lat-ter all escaped, passing down the undergroundpassage and coming out at a pile of rocks a hun-dred feet away, where, the boys supposed lateron, they sat and watched the proceedings. SOME TREE CURIOSITIES The immense ceiba, or silk-cotton, tree at Nas-sau, planted by John Miller over two centuries
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