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FIG. 41. — THE CLOTHES BARKER'S PAR.VDISE.— 73. 110. 



they quit eating when nbout four weeks old, and begin 

 to leave the trees ; some creep down by the trunk, but 

 great numbers let themselves down by threads from the 

 branches, their instinct prompting them to get to the 

 ground by the most direct and easiest course.'" 



" Oh. yes," said Joe, "• I have seen them hanging tiiat 

 way from the branches that jut across the r(jad. It 

 kept us dodging to get rid uv 'em as we drove along." 



"Aye, and I doubt not you helped nature in disturb- 

 ing the little fellows along the road-side, for they lay 

 hold upon passing objects and are carried goodly dis- 

 tances before shaken off. When they reach the ground 

 they immediately burrow in the I'artli to tlic depth of 



