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felt safe, and then remained very still. His loosened 

 tent was lying bottom side up on the leaf ; and owing 

 to my clumsy proportions I was obliged to leave the 

 labor of righting it to him; he gave it his immediate 

 attention and went at it in a most workmanlike 

 manner. He crawled halfway out upon the leaf and 

 by a dexterous lift of the rear end of his body he 

 brought the tent down right side up and at once 

 began pegging it down. To do this he moved his 

 lower lip around and around on the 

 leaf surface to make fast, then spun 

 his rope up and lifting his head 

 fastened it to the edge of the tent ; 

 this process he repeated many times, 

 but with great rapidity, and when 

 the fastening was finished it was 

 well worth seeing. He had spun his 

 f'l' \l' ,'^^"' ^"P*^^ °^ silken cords so they formed an X. 



' the Maple-leaf Cutter. . '' 



This arrangement allowed him room 

 to fasten many lines to the leaf and tent, and since 

 they were crossed in the middle they had the strength 

 of many twisted strands (Fig. 18). He put his first 

 fastening at one side of his tent and then hastened to 

 put another on the opposite side, and thus made secure 

 he took his time for putting down the remainder of his 

 ropes. 



