. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . J Fig. 4.—Multiplication by division. there is no waste or dead body to leave be-hind. When these two divide again, there arefour new and perfect animals. And this is how^ it comes to pass that theAmoebae have done a thing which neither fishnor fowl nor man has ever succeeded in doing,though many of the latter have tried. Ponce de Leon came to America in theearly days after its discovery and hunted allup and down the forests and along the rivers 12 IN BROOK AND BAYOU. for a Fountain of Youth wMcli was said to pre-vent men from growing old. M
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . J Fig. 4.—Multiplication by division. there is no waste or dead body to leave be-hind. When these two divide again, there arefour new and perfect animals. And this is how^ it comes to pass that theAmoebae have done a thing which neither fishnor fowl nor man has ever succeeded in doing,though many of the latter have tried. Ponce de Leon came to America in theearly days after its discovery and hunted allup and down the forests and along the rivers 12 IN BROOK AND BAYOU. for a Fountain of Youth wMcli was said to pre-vent men from growing old. Many alchemists have spent their lives try-ing to make an Elixir of Life which shouldward off death and keep people forever vigor-ous and young. No man has ever found justthis thing. (I will tell you some day hownear he has come to it.) But the very firstAmoeba that ever lived drank at the fountainand partook of the elixir which keeps theAmoebae from age and death. TMs is one of the most remarkable thingsabout these wonderful little beings—that
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