. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. A RAINY DAY 225 This transforming power of dew and mist is wonderful. We once found a striicingly beautiful example of it in one of the angles of our foot- We had watched a large orb-weaver spin her web there in the evening and had admired her skill. The web was one of the largest I ever saw. Its great guy-lines stretching between the timbers of the bridge were at least a yard in length. One dewy morning we inspected the corner and found that tiny drops had gathered on
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. A RAINY DAY 225 This transforming power of dew and mist is wonderful. We once found a striicingly beautiful example of it in one of the angles of our foot- We had watched a large orb-weaver spin her web there in the evening and had admired her skill. The web was one of the largest I ever saw. Its great guy-lines stretching between the timbers of the bridge were at least a yard in length. One dewy morning we inspected the corner and found that tiny drops had gathered on the threads and transformed them into strings of pearls fit to adorn a fairy. The elastic cross lines felt the weight of the water and hung in graceful loops. The web had seemed perfect before, but now it was even more exquisite in our eyes. We could see, how- ever, that the spider would have to wait for dry weather before her web would be of any use to her as a snare. There are many forest paths along the Little Indian. It would be hard to choose between them. I followed the first one I came to and in a few moments it brought me to a garden of vio- lets. There were blue ones of several kinds and white ones. The ground was so thickly cov- ered with them that I could with difficulty make my way through without stepping on them. They grew tall and vig- orous, the flowers nodding on stems sometimes as much as six inches long. A Uttle farther on I came. WHITE VIOLETS. 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 Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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