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tower is erected, and the varied material gives a pretty 

 effect. 



" If one carefully dig the sand away from the burrow, 

 . having first taken the precaution to drop a twig within 

 it (see Fig. 48), he may expose the interior. The sandy 

 walls of the excavation appear to be kept in place by a 

 slight secretion of silk which melts into the interstices 

 of the sand, and has sufficient consistency to maintain 

 it intact. Supported thus upon the twig the wall looks 

 something like the leg of a wee lace stocking dusted 

 over with sand. I have succeeded in exposing unbroken 

 fully two inches of this interior coating ; but it required 

 the most dainty manipulation." 



"Truly," observed the Doctor, patting the ground 

 with his cane meditatively the meanwhile, "the 'see- 

 ing eye' is a rare gift. Now, I have wandered and 

 loitered over those seashore sands many scores of times 

 and never saw such an object as that. 1 think that my 

 next vacation jaunt will bring me a fresh enjo3'ment in 

 looking up these troglodytic friends of yours." 



