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Dimly now I remembered, and in a few hours, learned, as I had feared, that I had not captured a young angel or even a fairy it was nothing but a Humming-bird Moth, a beautiful insect common in some regions, scarce in some, such as mine but perfectly well known to men of science and never afterward forgotten by any of that eager schoolboy group. Ribgrass or Whiteman's-Foot
If you live in the country or in a small town, you will not have to go many steps, in summer time, before you find the little plant known as Ribgrass, Plantain, or Whiteman's-foot. If you live in a big city, you may find it in any grassy place, but will surely see it, as soon as you reach the suburbs.
It grows on the ground, wherever it can see the sun, and is easily known by the strong ribs, each with a string in it when you pull the leaf apart. The Indians call it Whiteman's-foot, not because it is broad and flat, but because it came from Europe with the white man; it springs up wherever he sets his foot, and it has spread over all America.
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