. St. Nicholas [serial] . LIVES IN A DWELLING SHAPED LIKE A GOBLET. (Cothuruia patula.) 1905.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 6 ci. THE TRUMPET-ANIMALCULE. {S ten for poly-morphus.) Some of the commonest kinds, however, arenot less interesting. One has only to dip up afew gills of water fromany pool or ditch, andlet it stand in the win-dow for a few days, toget hundreds of infu-soria of several differentkinds. The trumpet-ani-malcule (stentor) and theslipper-animalcule (Para-mecium) are particularlyeasy to find, and largeenough to be seen, though withsome difficulty, with the unaidedeye.
. St. Nicholas [serial] . LIVES IN A DWELLING SHAPED LIKE A GOBLET. (Cothuruia patula.) 1905.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 6 ci. THE TRUMPET-ANIMALCULE. {S ten for poly-morphus.) Some of the commonest kinds, however, arenot less interesting. One has only to dip up afew gills of water fromany pool or ditch, andlet it stand in the win-dow for a few days, toget hundreds of infu-soria of several differentkinds. The trumpet-ani-malcule (stentor) and theslipper-animalcule (Para-mecium) are particularlyeasy to find, and largeenough to be seen, though withsome difficulty, with the unaidedeye. These move by means ofcountless little cilia, as they arecalled, instead of one or twolong lashes, and they go whirlingover and over as they swim, sothat their course is straight aheadin spite of their lopsided are so transparent that one can see muchthat goes on within them, and make out theballs of half-digested food and the smaller ani-mals or plants which they have more recentlyswallowed. It is a lively sight when half ahundred slippers get together around a massof bacteria, of which theyare fond. They shove andpus
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