. The story of hedgerow and pond . l pieces ofmeat. If kept with sticklebacks, theselast have a habit of nibbling off thenewts tails, and a newt without its tail isbut a lop-sided sort of creature, unableto balance itself properly in the I Pond Life In the insect world there are also,among others, the water-boatman, which,turned upside-down on its back, is verymuch like a boat, and to complete theresemblance it rows itself along- with onepair of its legs, which are jointed andexactly resemble oars; the water-scorpion, which has a long and hollowtail, through which it can breathe as i
. The story of hedgerow and pond . l pieces ofmeat. If kept with sticklebacks, theselast have a habit of nibbling off thenewts tails, and a newt without its tail isbut a lop-sided sort of creature, unableto balance itself properly in the I Pond Life In the insect world there are also,among others, the water-boatman, which,turned upside-down on its back, is verymuch like a boat, and to complete theresemblance it rows itself along- with onepair of its legs, which are jointed andexactly resemble oars; the water-scorpion, which has a long and hollowtail, through which it can breathe as ithangs head-downwards, sticking the endof the tube through the water to thesurface ; and the water-spider, whichcarries its supply of air in the form ofsilvery bubbles, and stores them at thebottom in a silken tent. The whirlioio-beetles play about on the surface, turningthemselves into livinor tee-to-tums asthey revolve round and round in water-cricket is the long thin insectwhich runs about so nimbly on the top L 145. Pond Life of the water, making little darts andthen stopping to let the current take itdown-stream, and then making anotherrun to regain its lost ground, or ratherwater. Crawling on the bottom, and on thestalks and leaves of the water-plants, aremoving tubes covered with small stones,bits of stick, and small shells. Insideeach of these curious tubes is a whitishgrub, a caddis-worm, which when atrest withdraws itself altogether insidethe tube, but can stick out its head andlegs and walk about when it requiresexercise or food. It turns into achrysalis inside this cleverly constructedshelter, and finally becomes a two-winged fly. The small shells withwhich its dwelling is adorned are veryoften alive, or rather contain the living146 Pond Life snails which live in them, and theseare thus carried about by the caddis-worm, and used by it as buildingmaterials, without their consent everhaving been asked. Besides these caddis-flies there aremany other insects
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