. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . ed to dothis, theyll do it; and its useless for the scien-tists to argue the matter with them. They willgo right along having their own way, lookingso sweet and amiable and playing so gracefullythat you will never know their pretty waysare only a cloak to hide a deep-laid plot toconfound the scientists. As the bell animalcule sails free, it assumesa great variety of shapes, some of which areonly apparent ones, caused by its rolling overin the water and presenting different sides toview. Sometimes it seems round; sometimesalmost square; somet
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . ed to dothis, theyll do it; and its useless for the scien-tists to argue the matter with them. They willgo right along having their own way, lookingso sweet and amiable and playing so gracefullythat you will never know their pretty waysare only a cloak to hide a deep-laid plot toconfound the scientists. As the bell animalcule sails free, it assumesa great variety of shapes, some of which areonly apparent ones, caused by its rolling overin the water and presenting different sides toview. Sometimes it seems round; sometimesalmost square; sometimes it looks like a basinor kettle; and sometimes like an old-fashionedentailed hat. They keep up a lively fanning of the waterwith their cilia as they travel. But some of them are too cute to worktheir own laborious passage in this way. Those, 52. IN BROOK AND BAYOU. especially, who live in colonies on branchedstems like to travel far and fast; so they at-tach themselves to some larger animal which isa swift sailer, like a cyclops or the larva of. Fig. 16.—Ocean-steamer line. some insect, and are thus transported withouteffort on their part. You see they had their ocean-steamer linesand Great Easterns long before we had. Can you hear them sing as they sail— Oh, a life on the ocean wave,A home on the rolling deep ? CILIATA, 53 A GOBLET. ( Vagi7iicola.) There are some of the Ciliata that livein crystal vases. These vases are longer thanthose of the bell animalcule, and the animalwithin is very elastic and can extend itself totwice the length of its inclosing case or house;
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