C. Mid 19th Century Natural History Catechism Book with Wonderful Hand-colored Engravings antique wooden barbell I'm no decoy expert and

I'm no decoy expert and not dedicated to becoming one

moving the eye all the way around

helping me to understand through the shape of the feet and the character of the iron that this likely dates to around the 1820s

it occurs to me how deeply embedded is our tendency toward linear organization

C. Mid 19th Century Natural History Catechism Book with Wonderful Hand-colored Engravings antique wooden barbell I'm no decoy expert andFor me this one is all about the marvelous engravings of all sorts of fishes and sea creatures, as well as bees and birds and flies and nests and hives and more and most of them hand colored. But the text is pretty fun too, a catechism structured as questions and answers in an accessible, conversational way through which we learn about many wonders of the natural world with a nod to God when there is no apparent explanation for why something is the