. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . Fig. 26.—1, Pterodina; 2, a one-legged pedestrian. may be dried till he falls to pieces at a touch,and still retain vitality in the dry this rotifer pow^der may be carried in theair by the winds, and may come to life in anyvessel of standing water which contains enoughputrefying vegetable matter to nourish theyoung animals. You can keep the powder onhand and produce a crop of rotifers at this way you may play at being Gabriel andawakening the dead. So, too, by gatheringearth from the bed of a pond and moisteningit you
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . Fig. 26.—1, Pterodina; 2, a one-legged pedestrian. may be dried till he falls to pieces at a touch,and still retain vitality in the dry this rotifer pow^der may be carried in theair by the winds, and may come to life in anyvessel of standing water which contains enoughputrefying vegetable matter to nourish theyoung animals. You can keep the powder onhand and produce a crop of rotifers at this way you may play at being Gabriel andawakening the dead. So, too, by gatheringearth from the bed of a pond and moisteningit you may resurrect many kinds of beings. WHEEL BEARERS. 93 Or you can pour water containing microscopicanimals tLrough sand, and, after drying thesand, put it away in a dry place, such as acovered urn on top of the bookcase, and when-ever you feel like having a resurrection mornyou can pour water on thesand, and out of their graveswill come trooping amoebae, bellanimalculse, paramoecii, rotifers,and other sleepers. (But this is another thingwhich you
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