2r6 MINUTE MARVELS OF NATURE 



But most wonderful of all is the withdrawing of 

 the tail filaments, seeming almost like the work 



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 szidi'fici_L^'o skin, which lalt<T c:"in 1 ip st-en on 

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of a magician, as these appendages, nearly three 

 times the length of their cases, are withdrawn. 

 If you saw a man draw a six-foot sword out of 



