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  • "Knuckle dabsters," made from mole skins, 213.
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  • Lanterns for kites, 21;
    • for balloons, 144
  • "Latteen rig" for boats, 126.
  • Lawrence, Mr. Albert, breeding-box for insects invented by, 244.
  • Lee-board, the, 129.
  • "Leg-of-mutton rig" for boats, 124.
  • Locust singer, the, 164.
  • London Field, stories from, 185.
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  • Magic cask, the, 351.
  • Magic lantern, 345;
    • how to make, 346.
  • Magic wheel, or the phantasmoscope, 364;
    • instructions for making, ib.
  • "Man-Friday" boats, how to build, 96.
  • Marcy's (E. J.) photographic gun, 367.
  • Marine animals, directions for preserving, 246;
    • the star-fish, ib.;
    • crabs, 247;
    • lobsters, ib.;
    • sea-urchins, ib.
  • Masquerade costumes, 374;
    • the "baby," 379.
  • Mice, traps to catch, 211.
  • Mind-reading, game of, 309.
  • Moles, how to trap, 213;
    • figure four trap, 213.
  • "Monad," the author's dog, 229.
  • Morse's insect box, 243.
  • Musical instruments: home-made corn-stalk fiddle, 162;
    • pumpkin-vine fife, 163;
    • pumpkin-vine flute, ib.;
    • cane fife, 163;
    • voice disguiser, 164;
    • locust singer, 164;
    • the hummer, 165.
  • Muybridge's photographs of animals in motion, 367.
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  • Norton, Charles Ledyard, 118, 226.
  • Newfoundland dogs, 224
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  • Owls, how to tame, 184;
    • to stuff, 233.
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  • Paper pitfalls for mice, 211.
  • Parachutes attached to balloons, 142;
    • odd shapes for, 143;
    • fireworks for, 144.
  • Partridges, snares for, 217.
  • Paste, how to make, 7.
  • Phantasmoscope, the, 364.
  • Photographic paper, 250.
  • Phunnygraph, the boy's own, 314.
  • Plants, aquatic, how to keep, 58;
    • the water-lily, 58;
    • cat-tails, 60.
  • Pointers, the training of, 228.
  • Poodles as trick dogs, 224.
  • Portfolio of fish, how to make, 240.
  • Potato mill, the, 359.