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Folio 24r Illustration detail

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f24r mole illustration detail f24r Text: the weasel continued. The mole blind and condemned to darkness underground. Hedgehogs, covered in bristles and prone to roll up in a ball, carry grapes back to their young by impaling them on their spines.

Comment: the mole is viewed from above, blind and with conspicuous pink paws for digging.

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