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— And something to eat, I should think/' 

 said Frederick. 



Perhaps not/' replied Harriet ; I rather 

 think they eat the fruit of the tree, and some 

 parts of its bark and leaves ; and that they 

 drink the juice, or sap." 



To some farther questions, our little inform- 

 ant could give no reply ; for her stock of 

 knowledge, which had flowed out in such an 

 ample and unexpected stream, ceased entirely, 

 when she had named the source which had sup- 

 plied her, — a small volume, lately published, in 

 which these facts were stated in a very inte- 

 resting manner. It appeared that this little 

 matter had been planned by her and her sister 

 for some time ; and that she had many times 

 repeated to the latter the substance of what 

 she had read, to make herself perfect in her 

 performance. A little fluttered, and some- 



