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allowing them to push her about, and cautiously 

 moving one foot after another for fear of hurting 

 them. 



178. How the young ones are fed until the 

 mother's care for them has ceased, does not seem 

 to have been ascertained ; for it is not until they 

 are nearly half grown that they are seen feeding 

 on vegetables with the rest. 



