MARCH 



37 



awake, and in the morning we find those 

 long winding ridges in the lawn whose 

 source is unmistakable. 



THE MOLE AWAKES 



"Dig" is expressed in every line of the ^Jp 

 mole's body. Digging is his life-work, and I 

 to this Nature has adapted his every organ. | 

 His eyes are of no use in this underground 

 life, and so they have dwindled away until 

 externally there is little sign of them. Ob- 

 jects he probably never sees with any dis- 

 tinctness, though he still can tell light from 

 darkness. But he seems to recognize light 

 only to avoid it. In the darkness of his 

 tunnels not only would his eyes be useless, 

 but dirt would be apt to get into them 

 while he is digging; so they are gradually 

 leaving him. 



The ears, too, or that part of them that 

 projects from the head, would be in the 

 way. So they have been discarded. The 

 inner and essential part of the ear, how- 

 ever, still remains, and the mole hears 

 quite well. 



