Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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the little Duckbills stay tillgrown. There are generally two babies at a time, sometimes more. The Duckbill is not an easy fellow to catch, nor to hold whenhe is caught, for his skin fits him very loosely, and he slips throughthe hands as though he was oiled. He can be tamed, and is a good climber. One, of whom Mr.Wood tells, would climb to the top of a book case, by putting hisback against the wall, and walking up the book case. He is abouteighteen inches long. When swimming about in the water, he looks, if possible, moreodd than when on land, for he more nearly resembles a bundle offloating weeds than anything else. One naturalist tells a strange story of the way in whichMamma Duckbill feeds her babies. They eat only milk, and thestory goes that she takes them out into the pond, and gives out hermilk into the water. It rises at once to the top, and the little oneseat it from there. This is very odd, but everything about thefamily is odd, and it may possibly be true. 38 LITTLE FOLKS
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OLD FRIENDS. These two little creatures, having such a comfortable time onthe roof, are no strangers to any of you, but I want to say some-thing about them, for all that. Im moderately fond of cats now,and I remember a time when I adored the whole race. Ive heard enough abuse of poor Pussy, and I think it is hightime that some one took up her defense. Theres a good deal tobe said in her favor, though she has her faults, like all the rest of us. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 39 To begin with, I must tell you about a man who was as fondof cats as any little girl in America. He was even called theRaphael of Cats, because—though he was an artist—he neverpainted any thing but cats and kittens. Of course, loving them somuch, and painting so many, in all attitudes and of all expressions,from the innocent frolicsome kitten to the dignified head of theCat Family, who has outgrown kittenhood as thoroughly as somepeople outgrow childhood, he came to paint them remarkably well.His pictures were sought

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