. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. 372 EVENINGS AT THE MIGBOSCOPE. eight; these in like manner increase progressively to sixteen, thirty-two, and sixty-four. It now possesses a close resemblance to the Hydra of our ditches, only having more tentacles; and, like it, the Medusa-larva buds forth from its sides young Hydra-like polypes, which take the form of their immediate parent, fall off, attach themselves, bud forth more, and so on. All these catch living prey with their tentacles, swall
. Evenings at the microscope : or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life. Microscopy; Microscopes; Medical microscopy. 372 EVENINGS AT THE MIGBOSCOPE. eight; these in like manner increase progressively to sixteen, thirty-two, and sixty-four. It now possesses a close resemblance to the Hydra of our ditches, only having more tentacles; and, like it, the Medusa-larva buds forth from its sides young Hydra-like polypes, which take the form of their immediate parent, fall off, attach themselves, bud forth more, and so on. All these catch living prey with their tentacles, swallow them with their mouths, and digest them with their stomachs, exactly like real polypes, and thus produce generation after generation of similar beings. Tears may pass in this stage, during which num- berless polypes are formed. At length the original stock, or any one of its descendants, takes on an im- portant change. Its body lengthens, and becomes cut as it were into a number of rings, as if tied tightly round with thread, or like the body of an TtmKIS AND ITS YOUNG. These segments become increasingly distinct, until at length each is seen to be a shallow cxip, notched at its margin, and sitting in the concavity of the one next. 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 Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. New York, D. Appleton
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