. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . = 2^2 = 4. And their algebra says: Let a? = 1 amoeba, and 2/ = i amoeba. Then a; + y = f = 3. a;-2/= i = 1. (a; + y) + (a? - •?/) = 3 + 1 = 4. 2a? = 4. So (2? = tioo instead of one amoeba, Oh, you would never get on in their algebra. But if you like these little creatures andwant them always near you, I will tell you asecret if youll never reveal it to any of theladies who call upon me. When the ponds are frozen over, a vase ofwater in which nasturtium slips are growing istheir favorite Winter Palace. You can put the vase in the draw
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . = 2^2 = 4. And their algebra says: Let a? = 1 amoeba, and 2/ = i amoeba. Then a; + y = f = 3. a;-2/= i = 1. (a; + y) + (a? - •?/) = 3 + 1 = 4. 2a? = 4. So (2? = tioo instead of one amoeba, Oh, you would never get on in their algebra. But if you like these little creatures andwant them always near you, I will tell you asecret if youll never reveal it to any of theladies who call upon me. When the ponds are frozen over, a vase ofwater in which nasturtium slips are growing istheir favorite Winter Palace. You can put the vase in the drawing-roomwindow and have beautiful flowers all winter, 14 IN BROOK AND BAYOU. and people will admire your ^ lovely jardi-me7e, though they might be horrified if theysuspected that it was a menagerie containing adozen different kinds of living animals. A HAT. (Arcella.) Some of the missionaries who distributedclothing to the naked savages in the tropiccountries tell us that the natives were notsatisfied with their allotment of garments, so. / 3 Fig. 5.—1, Arcella acuminata; 2, arcella vulgaris; 3, arcelladentata. they traded among themselves, and when theycame to services on the following day theirappearance was most grotesque and astonish-ing. A woman would be attired in a mansshirtj or a stalwart man would stalk proudly in, RHIZOPODS. 15 wearing, as his only article of apparel, a ladysbonnet. Now the Amoebae never wear clothing. Butthey have some near kinsmen, the CrownAmoebae, or Arcellae, who are much more aristo-cratic, the adults seldom appearing in publicwithout a hat. This is their only garment, but it is largeenough to cover the whole body when theyretract their pseudopodia, or extemporizedlimbs, and remain at rest. They make their hats themselves by exud-ing from their bodies a chitinous substance,w^hich shapes itself into a shell so thin andtransparent that the movements of the arcellamay be seen through it. These shells or hatsare flexible, and sometimes
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