. Dwellers of the sea and shore. Marine animals. 40 Dzvellers of the Sea and Shore authors should have known better, we find unique de- scriptions, assertions that these are low forms of life belonging to various places In the animal kingdom. An examination with a strong glass will reveal the sandy surface to be a skillfully wrought protective shell,. EGG CASE OF THE MOON SNAIL. underneath which is a single layer of transparent glob- ular capsules. These are arranged compactly, but in a roughly quincuncial manner. So small are they that there are more than sixteen hundred in the area of a squa


. Dwellers of the sea and shore. Marine animals. 40 Dzvellers of the Sea and Shore authors should have known better, we find unique de- scriptions, assertions that these are low forms of life belonging to various places In the animal kingdom. An examination with a strong glass will reveal the sandy surface to be a skillfully wrought protective shell,. EGG CASE OF THE MOON SNAIL. underneath which is a single layer of transparent glob- ular capsules. These are arranged compactly, but in a roughly quincuncial manner. So small are they that there are more than sixteen hundred in the area of a square Inch. But, mind, these are not the eggs them- selves. The eggs are bodies still more minute. There are a dozen and more suspended freely In the humor of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Crowder, William, 1882-. New York, The Macmillan Company


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