140 UP AND DOWN THE BROOKS. 



Caddis-worrn than Sandy had been. This larger 

 Caddis was suddenly torn from the home of his 

 infancy. No more should he wander through a 

 pool dragging sticks after him. His home, when 

 it was not a plate, was to be a bottle. 



This Caddis-worm was about one inch and three 

 eighths long while in his case, because he had 

 hitched two small logs to himself and insisted 

 upon dragging them about with him. He was a 



lively fellow. Perhaps 

 dragging weights is a 

 good thing for a Cad- 

 dis-worm's constitution. 



The bigger Caddis^worm's Anyway he appeared so 

 House with "logs." healthy that I thought 



he could endure making another covering for him- 

 self, and not die in the operation, either. 



So I took his garment off from him and com- 

 manded him to go to work. I pounded up some 

 red brick and some white and blue buttons and 

 gave him the pieces, expecting him to make a pa- 

 triotic-looking garment. 



It was about a quarter of two P. M. when this 

 worm began dress-making, and his house was fin- 

 ished by the next morning. It was evidently 

 hard work and he was inclined to keep pretty still 

 the next day, instead of trotting around the dish 

 as he had done before a new dress was demanded. 

 In making this dress he did indeed attach to him- 

 self a piece of red brick and one each of white 



