. Boys and girls in biology : or, Simple studies of the lower forms of life. Biology. THE FRESH-WATER HYDRA. 77 heads, so the more the snake was killed the faster it grew, and poor Hercules was in danger of being de- voured. At last he began to burn the root of each head with a hot iron: this was a success, the head Fig. 77. ITydra hanging from the Weed. Duck- Weed. Hydra shrunken against the Weed. never grew again, and Hercules triumphed over his enemies. Now I am going tell you about a hydra, but it is not such a monster as Hercules killed, nor need you go away to Greece to find it; you know
. Boys and girls in biology : or, Simple studies of the lower forms of life. Biology. THE FRESH-WATER HYDRA. 77 heads, so the more the snake was killed the faster it grew, and poor Hercules was in danger of being de- voured. At last he began to burn the root of each head with a hot iron: this was a success, the head Fig. 77. ITydra hanging from the Weed. Duck- Weed. Hydra shrunken against the Weed. never grew again, and Hercules triumphed over his enemies. Now I am going tell you about a hydra, but it is not such a monster as Hercules killed, nor need you go away to Greece to find it; you know boys, and girls too, sometimes love to wade in ditches and ponds in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stevenson, Sarah Hackett, 1843-1909; Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. New York : D. Appleton and company
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