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floor to the sides of the nest, she hangs it to 

 the ceiling by rods made also out of this 

 paper : these rods are small in the middle, 

 and grow larger towards the ends, so as to be 

 stronger. Here is a drawing of one. 



The Cut represents one of the Rods from which the Floors are suspended 



She then makes a second floor, and hangs 

 it under the first by rods as before ; and the 

 whole of it, when finished, if it should be cut 

 straight through the middle, would appear 

 something like the following picture of one 

 which I made some years ago." 



