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a field-mouse — two of them — also a part of the 

 fibula, and a dozen or more other bones. Break- 

 ing asunder the mass further, we find a few tiny 

 teeth ; and as we continue the process in the re- 

 maining two specimens, we bring to light parts of 

 the skull, ribs, and vertebrce. A strange "co- 

 coon " indeed. 



A further examination of the remaining speci- 

 mens disclosed similar ingredients, until the en- 

 tire mass presented a collection somewhat like 

 that shown in my illustration. 



I well remember my first encounter with the 

 queer specimens, and what mysteries they were, 

 though the "cocoon" idea had never suggested 

 itself to me, the felted mass having been found in 



