. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . ] ^^ Diaptomus. IN BROOK AND BAYOU. CHAPTER I. SLOWEST THING ON EAETH. Akyoke who makes good use of Ms eyesknows that there is a multitude of things to beseen everywhere which escape the attention ofthe careless observer. There are beautifultints on the flowers, odd shapes among theleaves, curious rocks that look like and arepetrified animals, wonderful insects, and manyother interesting things which he could easilypass unheeded. But the keenest-eyed person might standby a wayside pool without ever gue
. In brook and bayou; or, Life in the still waters . ] ^^ Diaptomus. IN BROOK AND BAYOU. CHAPTER I. SLOWEST THING ON EAETH. Akyoke who makes good use of Ms eyesknows that there is a multitude of things to beseen everywhere which escape the attention ofthe careless observer. There are beautifultints on the flowers, odd shapes among theleaves, curious rocks that look like and arepetrified animals, wonderful insects, and manyother interesting things which he could easilypass unheeded. But the keenest-eyed person might standby a wayside pool without ever guessing whata host of queer people inhabit it. There aremore colors and kinds of people in a littlestagnant pond than are to be found in all thecountries you read about in your geographies. 2 IN BROOK AND BAYOU. You do not see them because most of themare so modest and shy that they never allowmortal eye to look upon them except througha powerful magnifying glass. They are well worth the trouble of seek-ing, for they are a strange sort of folk when. Fig. 1.—An Amoeba: a, pulsating vacuole; b, nucleus. you find them, some of them having neithereyes, ears, mouths, hands, nor feet, and yetmanaging to live very comfortably. I want to tell you about one of these head-less races of the pool known as the Amoeba Family. The first curious thing about them is thatthey are all ladies. There isnt a man or boyamong them. RHIZOPODS. 3 They are very domestic and seldom travelabroad. The smallest pond is an immenseworld to them, and has many unexplored re-gions like those on your maps around the northand south poles. And jet, as you become acquainted withthem, you will find these ladies very entertain-ing company. If you dip one up in a drop ofwater and put lier under your microscope, youwill be quite fascinated with her; yet allyoull see will be something resembling a tinyspatter of water with a few colored specks init. But it is alive, and that is why it fasci-nates you. Amoebae are made of
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