. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Eight Stages of the Development of the Tadpole, from the recently hatched (1)to the adult form (8). family, and might better be dismissed. But the change itselfis very interesting to watch. In his transformations his lastlegs appear first, and his first or fore legs last. But whatabout that lively tail ? Well, its wiggle-waggle has becomegradually fainter, and moves in more sober mood than in hisgreener days; more surprising still, it appears to be van- MARINE AND FRESH-WATER AQUARIA. 211 ishing! Where it goes to it is hard to see, but finally itdi
. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Eight Stages of the Development of the Tadpole, from the recently hatched (1)to the adult form (8). family, and might better be dismissed. But the change itselfis very interesting to watch. In his transformations his lastlegs appear first, and his first or fore legs last. But whatabout that lively tail ? Well, its wiggle-waggle has becomegradually fainter, and moves in more sober mood than in hisgreener days; more surprising still, it appears to be van- MARINE AND FRESH-WATER AQUARIA. 211 ishing! Where it goes to it is hard to see, but finally itdisappears—actually all absorbed into the body, which is nolonger tadpole, but plain frog! Poor tad used to be of. Common Feos (Rana temporaria). some use, too, for he was a splendid scavenger, and helpedto clean the glass with his thick, fleshy lips. Give the little tads a home. The caddis-worm, the larva of the caddis-fly, of the fam-ily of Phryganida, you will find on the bottom of runningbrooks, nicely incased in his house of sticks, stones, andsand, and sometimes of leaves. He is an interesting littlecreature, and sometimes builds his house in such a queerway that you are sure to want to be better acquainted withhim. A large number of their eggs—probably hundredsof them—were once hatched out in one of my glasses; and,before the young were twelve hours old, each had built ahouse over its tiny body, and was carrying it about almostas well as the older members of the family. They stickthese particles together by a cement which they secrete fromtheir own bodies, and the inside of this little tube or case iscovered with a silky lining, from which they stick out their 212 THE OCEAN. heads and f
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