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INVENTION AND DISCOVERY
A COLLECTION
OF
INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
BY
RALPH and CHANDOS TEMPLE.
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ENTERPRISE AND ADVENTURE
A COLLECTION
OF
INTERESTING ANECDOTES.
BY
RALPH and CHANDOS TEMPLE.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Some illustrations were repositioned to avoid breaking up sentences.
Original spelling and punctuation were retained from the printed book, including spelling inconsistencies (i.e.: kestrel and kestril) except for the following changes:
Page 1: where-ever changed to wherever for consistency.
(to admire wherever we stroll)
Page 10: ear-bones changed to earbones for consistency.
(a mole's earbones)
Page 10: to day changed to to-day for consistency.
(setting any more traps to-day?)
Page 15: fore-arms changed to forearms for consistency.
(his forearms are something)
Page 30: added closing quotes.
(Try, try, try again.")
Page 78: water crow-foot changed to water-crowfoot for consistency.
(spawning amongst that water-crowfoot,)
Page 107: added quotes to continuation of quote.
(says, "taken near Norwich)
Page 110: Ply changed to Fly.
(Fly thee home, lady-bird, ere it be gone.)
Page 118: bind-weed changed to bindweed for consistency.
(the greater bindweed, with its large)
Page 125: added quotes to show second paragraph continues quote.
("She indicates her desire to sit)
Page 146: in the Fungi illustration, the backwards 3 has been righted.