HOUSEKEEPING IN A BASKET. 



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" Can the basket-worms walk with such big packs 

 upon their backs ?" asked Harry. 



" That they can, and make pretty good time, too, I 

 once timed one that was climbing up a tent pole, and 



FIG. 124. — CUTTING A TWIG OP ARBOR VIT^. 



found that it traveled at the rate of three inches a 

 minute, and could have made much better time, I am 

 sure. It walked ten or twelve feet before it stopped, 

 or rather, before I lost sight of it in a l)ranch that 

 overhung and touched the tent. Two others were 

 tried in the same way with about the same results. 

 They are odd looking objects as they go along, with 

 their baskets hanging down, held out at right angles. 



