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 A HIOHT'B WonK WITH TH» MI0B080OPB OK BOMB 
 or TBI MIHUTB FORIfS Or MVB VOUMD IN 
 BURLINOTOM BAY, WITH BOMB OOBBIP OOMCBBB- 
 INQ THBIR HI8T0RT AND DlBTBIBUTIOK. 
 
 NoTK— All meaanreinentit In thU paper are 
 exprnMeUthim: One Invh, 1"^; oue Tenth of 
 an Inch, 1- 10", Ac. 
 
 On a prevlons occasion when I had the 
 pieasare to Bubmit ta the memberB of this 
 AHKOciation an account of Bome of the lower- 
 fbraiH of lite %a abundant In our Bay, our at- 
 tention Was confined to the moire promloent 
 characteriBticB of some of the Alym, and wore 
 especlaliy to the modea ot development com- 
 mon to Bome of the Damdweem and DuUih 
 maeem. Tlien, none-of our" object* of study 
 carried us bevond the limits of the Tegetable 
 kinKdom. To-night, however, I will endea- 
 vour to serve as a gOBnipiDg guide, to an ex^ 
 sminatipn of a few of the lower forms of life, 
 generaliy regarded as diBtinct anipialB. All 
 tbo minute objeciB, to which I Boticit your 
 attentiotuare common ; indeed any student 
 who, with but ordinal y induBtry, devotes his 
 leisure for a'single seatronto the study of the 
 organismH which may be taally found in our 
 Bay, vill find himHelt tolerably fiimiliar with 
 many membursof the families of Animalcula, 
 from which we select the oyeota of our 
 
 i;o8sip. • .J, 
 
 I asHUriie we have pur microscope In readf- 
 wm, and our gathering; made for our even- 
 ing's' work; so arranging our 4-10" object 
 glass, and ca.eiully scanning »tho field of our 
 animalcttla caue, our atteotion is arrested by 
 . phal looks like a tiny, flattened lump ^ 
 .alihuBt coioilfss tranBlucent ]*-\\i. It i« n 
 at all a prominent object, partly Irom 1 ick 
 colour, and parti v from having- a'.most the 
 same power of refractioa as water. Indeed 
 by an untrained eye, it would be apt to be ' 
 altogether overlooked. This little spec, 
 which marks the aero of animallife.is an 
 lilwafta; so called bv Ehrenberg from Its 
 failing to- retain any oue p^rticalar shape. 
 Muller, the celebrated Danish naturalist, who 
 with all his marvellouB industry, Btrange to 
 •ay, haid seen but two sp'-clmfns of this or- 
 ganism, Jiad jiears -before called it PnHetu, 
 after the changeful sea-god of the old mvth- 
 oiofry. The use of this name, however, it 
 wan found, ha4 been foreeUlltd by Laurenti, 
 
 by whom it had ble«h applied to i remark, 
 able genua of reptiles ; whence thefaduptlon 
 r>f the litt<tr name, slace beiootte oopumou. 
 
 The substance of this organiBm| shows no 
 trace of AbrouB pt cellular tistuM ; but la 
 found, on close examination, to be homoge- 
 neous, contractile and elastic; a|Bnb.4tance 
 called bi, Dnjarditt tareodt, and foQnd by bim 
 to be common to most of the Infuaoria. 
 Hcatt<!re<l through the sarcode, ^re two or 
 three kinds of granules, which. In their ac- 
 tion un(^ cheiiliDal reagents,di(fer trota fach 
 other^ and also from the Barcode itaelf. These 
 granules, a few clear globules callfd vacuoles, 
 which in the satte form vary both in^iise {Mid 
 number ; a larger itljbule which alternately 
 conttactt and exrandB almost rhythmically, 
 sometimes called the oontraotile vesicle, and 
 a nucleus and nucleolus, are all the traces of 
 organii«t:on ottr highest magnifying power 
 under the most fatorable circumttanQea will 
 beable to give. Indeed we miy not be able' - 
 to find either nucieus or contractile vesicle, 
 for in some ol. thebe forms oarjafnl observers 
 have filled to find either. Whether any of 
 the Amceta hav6 »n investing mombranf iB » 
 difficult to determine. Aurbaoh confidently , 
 asserts that m. delicate lutegumeht may be> 
 foun.t in air the membtra of the .group, but 
 other observers do hot sustain bis atisertion. 
 Tdesii^e of the Atifceba varies consideraby. 
 according to age, SpecieB, and condlilonB pf - 
 growlh. Careful mensurenieniB show aviri- * 
 atinn in different forms, from the 1-70" to the 
 1 -2800' . The Hpeci«»ien I have flgurtd 
 mi'usures the l-UO". 
 
 What in tlietae forms of life mo*t strikinK- 
 ly arrests the attention, and ntivtr falls t» 
 
 Piterest no matter how often Keen, is their 
 ouliar mode of! locomotion. Thin is diffi- 
 cult to describ-vao 1 m«| be seen to miiy 
 realize its peculiarity. Wrst there is a jirad- 
 ual buLing out ol the sarcode at some par- 
 •icular part, which p nt is gradually extendt d 
 till in the species we ar^ watchiiig^lt lorms 
 a footlike protrtasion equalling in i<»ngth the 
 entire mafs of the body, and having •<'i<roe- 
 ter of about oae-iourth ito length. ^ Into (his 
 protruded part, which b«iomen ' uradnallj 
 distended, the whole mass ot the ||rcode fi>l- 
 lows, and the aDimal-::ulum h«* th«8 ad- 
 vanced, a diHtanc" equal to the , ifenitth, the 
 proceB* was thrown out This vinf uUr mtMle 
 of tdvaacement by (.-rutrudiug ■ a |pjrtlon ot 
 
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 c.Klo .like. .vlng V^T'v'LtAZl 
 .y i.? the Hovcrnl K.oup. of "^u - 
 
 Lruo process ia tho accUsioinrd w^^v ' *" 
 
 Si^S liB. detoted in «>m« gr«"Wot 
 
 lltirttr' which is the d.v^lopmeut of a nV w, 
 dl« iS lodv dual from a bud wUicl» \b« 
 tteBtthrowIout. To ihin mode of .acrcj^« 
 Kfrnmon to B,ar.y ot the luiaHorm, we mW 
 
 du<tion IK uear akin to that »«^" '" " 
 A/o« ■»•'<» called cbujugation, a process rt 
 lcrr«d to in our previous gossip. 
 
 Th« :4'«a!M Las b. en seen to tatt^ an ea 
 
 1 cyS ^-^ i a stage o. Ueiug th^B^ w^nch 
 
 mftiv of the Intusorift pa^B. inis snguiar 
 
 SI cf lufuHorial lif-, **bicto^i8 • l«te.al 
 
 t\rhd.aw.l from the world. «-^"^'-« ^-Ji 
 
 on fhe uMt of the auimakulum on itseir, is 
 
 ■ inter, BtC to Btudy. Tile orJinary form of 
 
 V r«uScumm gradually changes as tbe 
 
 ^ moctM of encysting goes on, uut i 
 
 tL little being bwa surrounded 
 Ustlfw Hninvc.HSngint.gumentforpro. 
 
 lSi«r id almost or entirely cuftsed to 
 V \ m^ -I^e ln.uao.ia encyst for p;^-^'on 
 
 Star «i^SS^^S;^?3£ 
 
 than twenty irpecl».a of Amoil* ar« 
 
 ..-.tionablo whetb- -J »^'„"te X' 
 
 worthy of ""' ' *;i^;, ^h "ar- di-v'»«'<» 
 
 fratlTa^Uturrm-ngVaiti.^^^ 
 
 1 ?.,.?vcrv f«w in. ml.tr.- ol the group. By 
 
 ^ wJLo rriardcd H« transiint forms,/ 
 
 Huch thvy . r. gam ^^^^ organism* ' 
 
 In the vaiu.^s « ,,^^ ^„,i„^. 
 
 cl,. vt-lopnient. 1 h, tvmi i ^^ ^^ 
 
 „,,s..rv..nj ''X*;,^';;: .;tganl-i:i.i..ns dn/ng 
 
 of being »'*• ""7, so Widely didureut in 
 Huceessive ^'^""""''"''v?^ ,.:;,,,;* 1. would bB 
 
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 iHstbouubt that it is fo r the4 a tt« purpose 
 the AmojlMi generally encyst 
 
 { \. -.f animals Bo/marRed as in the in- 
 
 ZX annrluu/tUat as our kaowledge 
 
 *7h.ir whole lif^ becomes more exact, 
 
 "^ nnmS o 7 "PiicleB i« continually 
 
 our number oy p« mkroscoptsts 
 
 tsr;-ovg&«girt7ve^ 
 
 naturally «-""V»M^ ^vrwas a distinct species, 
 thl i^SeSrS^quent observation. 
 
 ^?»,»rJv tX barLuim changes taken by 
 ^ -r.fflc/form djrin^ differ, nt stages of lU 
 devcrpiST.S*bo1e broods which may 
 ir,SX so unlike their progenitors, are 
 iow by?any rcgardVdas products ofasexua^ 
 uowuy iu» J p springing from 
 
 •*"""Tn^ liSuudVmm fission. Moreover 
 W^be Ulowed ul;,tLt even though t^ 
 
 SSL«"m«f a sperm eel withj. .^ 
 ^i .wit will be sooner or later— so soon 
 wteeb^ a n^version to the parental type 
 rrlwShthese intermediate forms^ varied 
 ThS curious course of -^ange 'rhich has^oj 
 late\ years been wfttched by many 
 l«r.LLtswltii much imerest, was seen as 
 ^r 4t^ S m9.l>y Ohamisso.^ wi neSsed 
 its oScurrenco in some of the »alpx. I"* 
 
 kinds,\whicn eameyu** 
 
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 tomato guncratlonM." TliU diiooverj du)ierv> 
 edly sUinpii Uui iluvtr Muthor uf the rIuuIow- 
 IfMM man, im oiiu oi Ilia fuw, in whutu ram) 
 powura of ulwi-rvatlun have btwn culttvutud 
 tiniiiltauuoiiHly with th« Kratx'it of raiicy. 
 
 Thu bvllvvcrM in thfl (loiiMil)ility o( Ilctur- 
 oxvntiiJH, who contttnd thut tliu divurMJtiitH ot 
 HUc(:ut'<iiiiK K*»*'i'n<tct)*i niay«uun ludiflnitc 
 ly without auy ntcuimary ti-currfucu to an 
 auct-Dtral typt-, havu not b«-4'U stow to arguu 
 ttmt thvHii chiuiKi'M Htititi in thti amceba and In 
 many oftlHi lufuMoria, tvnd to contlmi their 
 viuwM. Carufuily prepurid diawinga wuru 
 givuu in tho Joiirnul of tiiu li^iyai Mltiomopi- 
 <ttl 6lm;ttty, ulHtMt a ytar ajjo, of Ininn- 
 (ormatiouH of a pin pouU nmnwl, wliii h 
 Imd bt't-n »)-«in -liy uu EnKliHh ob- 
 Bfivt-r of HoMio n^o. TIiIm niouud 
 wliicli uudi^r tliu hiKhcat powum Ih 
 u luoro Hpec, bu hud Bten gradu- 
 ally iH-c'oniu un atiiolin, and paNM on 
 tMough twi initriuediiitu toruiH to a luliy dt- 
 V<'l<>pu:t ciiiatud iiifuqoiiu'u. Prof. EdwurdM, 
 of Ni w Vorli, haa given a dttuiltd atcount of 
 /fiimiliit' I'habguti, wiiich by watching for two 
 da)H ho/had Been inau amoeba. tSiniiiar ob. 
 servationB to tbo^e have been ipubiiabed 
 during the lavt few year^, reBulting in much 
 diBcuHBion, and the spread of a wider jntereBt 
 in every thing pertaining to tbu development 
 of inluBorial ti^e. Ihonu bcHt compttent to 
 Judge, are however, found with thtuu wboaie 
 moHt strongly protecting against drawing 
 from imptr£i(|;t observHtiony, tonclusionn 
 which the moist extt-ndtd linowledge of ani- 
 mal life can hupubrt by no analogy. Perhaps 
 nothing having fife is known, tho sight of 
 which more t<ti dngly tcndB to excite curiosity 
 in an obserytir than nn amaba. There 
 was an ea^ly member ot the Royal 
 Society, whom Butler the poet was 
 sot slow to satirise, who believed that 
 the speciflii organs of one senue might 
 be made to do the duty of another, and who 
 inHtancedr in support of his viewx, a Spaniard 
 who " h^ard with his eyes and could see 
 words.'/ Out Amoeba, though far smaller, is 
 more than a ma*ch for Sir Kenelm Digljy's 
 Spanwrd, for it difcharges the duties of 
 many organs in blissiui ignorance of organs 
 altogether. As toSi ecial provisions for dis* 
 charging the functions of life, it is actually 
 •'flans evl'rythit'g." Yet it mov«<B without 
 niuscle/, tee<<s and ncurisbes itself without 
 iuoiiUt, stomach, or any specia' arrange- 
 ments for absorption . and assimilation, 
 in/ short, performi^ all its Vital ac 
 tifina witli an iMlependence of special struc 
 iiral provisions, to which no other livng be. 
 '^ing, high or low, can make any pretensions. 
 A mere tiny lump of jelly, nothing can ue 
 imagined to live, with lesB differentiation t f 
 parts.. 
 
 Althoogh the Amcbbn is ottener met with 
 in gatherings from bur Bay "tlian any other 
 Rhutopod, we may sometimes find- some of its 
 near relations. One of these, the Sun Ani- 
 malcule, Aelintphryu J^l, ia remarkable for 
 
 b«ing snironnded by flne radiatinjf paeudcv 
 |HKlla, which make It the miniature lem-m* 
 blance of Ihtse rayrd figures uiud from time 
 imro> morial to rijjiri'si nt the buii. 
 
 Another turm, a species of Aretl^a, lone* 
 times to b«t seen amongst the duckwt^id, 
 closely reH«mbles in sinxture the Amoeba, 
 but has tho i^iditlon of a tiny, dtileat*) shell. 
 1'lie Hhnoit&dt, the ciaHS tu which lliese 
 organisms so nmaikable for their siroplitity 
 <ir litrucinre, belong, have existing represent- 
 stive forniH scatter* d all over the world. 
 Their losMlIf, too, xlkew thi y had an cxiHtence 
 ill ngis ot the world so remote, that there 
 is i.olhliig whicli now lives, and noth- 
 iiig whicli t<t our present knowlidKe 
 ever hiiH livtd, but must yield to their clHims 
 to be regaided as tlie earth's earliest settlers. 
 Sdme groupM kindnd to these furnished by 
 our gtithcriiig, deserve, from their importanc« 
 as proniiutnt iiieniliersof this claMs, a few 
 woids of our goMfip One of thus< groU|i8 
 which hns taken, and still takes an active 
 part in th*; cimiiges to which the earth itself 
 is constantly suiijected> by its innuroeruble 
 iiiliabitaiits, is called, from tho minute pores 
 with which the shells of all the memliers of 
 the Kroup are pierforattid, Foramini/era These 
 shells are calcareous, and the substance of 
 the bodies which o<jcupy them ha' been 
 shewn by Di>jardii« to be Harcode. This 
 sarcodu is thrown into fine pseudo|)odia, 
 Nimi.ar to tliese found on our sun animal- 
 culum, and wlix-h are protruded lik^ threads 
 through the minute pores of the shells. 
 Soundings in the deeper parts o/ the Oulf of 
 the St. Lawrence, and in tho Atlantic show 
 ttieir prexcnce in the ooze in vast numbera 
 and many varieties. Soundings for tho At- 
 lantic cable show<^ the oose iif plac-es to 
 Contain ninety ffvu percent of one species, 
 the Globtgerma. Bo numerous are they in 
 some places that a single onnco of sand 
 from the Antilles has been estimated to 
 contain four millions. In the chalk too 
 their fossils are abundant, and they were 
 undoubtedly active aiients during the period 
 of its deposition. Some of their speciesare 
 almost cosmopolitan, and are found fn the 
 nrarls and calcareous rocks of the Tertiary, 
 wherever thcho rocks haVe been defined. 
 Charleston, South Carolina, stands on a cle. 
 posit of murl more than 200 feet thick, in 
 which, according to Bailey, Foraminiffra are 
 entombed in myriads. The 'stone o mmon- 
 lyiised in P rfs for building, and that of 
 which the Egyptian Pyramids are built, h^vo " 
 /bramini'/erouf iossils tor their chief ingredi- 
 ents. These inrignificant tomis of life 
 are tbup alike associated with man's most 
 recent and artistic, and with hU oldest, and 
 most durable work. ' 
 
 The members of another group of this 
 class, the Polyeysliha, have minnte siliceous 
 shells, whicb for beauty, the Diatoms them- 
 selves cannot surpass The substance of the 
 bodies of this group is similar to that of the 
 Foraminffera , and as in them tbgp s endopoditt 
 
,nd dl«*r from tlu)ni»m« y h.vlm< • 
 
 :iii.«. in lieu «j « -^rr; tnd ^- »»•« 
 
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 th. AtUDUc c«««t. 2»|f i, „.„.,. H... to 
 
 for abiiiKt"""*' •"•» 
 ;p„Hlt ill l».ul.«lt."« 
 
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 - .,f «hapi', .nrt all *•» ]7i^,ea..v of •cu>pt«'- 
 
 .Dutber organHin ^''^'•^^gfi, „no invo«t«il 
 the Eozo<,n <?«'"'*'^',' . For thl» or.»turp 
 
 la.lDK rw clo.e "" «*" J"o?whloh wo *»« 
 
 ;..»l.lD.i ««-';'j;'i \"rt»^e »«'«'Vj^l"« 
 jioted from <'U- »*"» * . jt Ib down Jti the 
 
 L., ho mortal <*P 8j«;l^Jof our Juren- 
 P„,Ut«ne- toward. U.eb^^^^ 
 
 liaa ftyxtem *' " '" ,o«,er th#n the 
 houi«udi of f<'^* ,'\ bcfor/ known, 
 
 Wdi»l ««ne, •*"J, conjJtutud al 
 
 SS death. «ur Pte«W«°*^ ;L to the laftt 
 
 Ildre^-. t««b«>. '^'" i o! tS ftiHKil ban been 
 that the anl«"«» °*^^^"* *Tt.m.mb«r th^it 
 dmputvd. But f ^^j,..7d.;intete«t^d «- 
 prot. Dawf.ou,and «*f/Vj',u,,w,ct of special. 
 
 micn«coplcal «;«^y. !»«" , ^„ | that 
 
 .;„Dcc'rnln« itH/ora«.n.^«ro"» ^^^^ ^^^ „,„ t 
 
 painstaking "M"**';i;,i«r, who«e .pfv.\ 
 ^niirmeiV ^^^ P["i^,SnUmi i« coufc«-5dly 
 knowledge "^/V**;. r^J'tV-uppo-e *"•> «« 
 
 oollectlpna. K««le funluheB 'W "'^h » 
 
 •"our coUecttng ^/^."ji gubnt^nce than 
 larger piece of «^ K«'%°^ i^joro turned our 
 any of tbe»' to "Wch we ^^ ^„„^igt 
 
 IttentloD. E«'"°*?*:**"'of globulen. which 
 •fa tM| number of gi» ^^Uke 
 
 ^^^ Pj^d aS TJditfontothe»a 
 form. We An**, "ifftw,. nuA some yellow- 
 delicate net-work of fibf « . ^^^ ^^,, „„„. 
 
 i«b seed-like b«dle«, wn«: ^ ^jaminatlon 
 ■ farther we cyty °u , n.ngnifyinK 
 
 / 
 
 -ereu* 
 
 the 
 
 the«tr«oture of the-« X^^ ,^^, ,^^„ y^,e 
 which may h«'MllTr ,««m,.nt of a 
 
 ,,., h water -P-'-'^^in fS a.il.erln«^ to 
 
 t'epllenon »''"., J'" ,»»,!« «lrr"'«''«*"*'"" 
 Canal, wh.re, n"*';/**"'*''' »„ ..i^ht ln«:be«. 
 thrraWlna.l..« M^irto whi.h tbt».^ 
 TlwKroup "' ;';«*7Cn bandlod alm-.t 
 
 Irom pla«=» *" P'f. , ,,f „„r naturalUt«, all rtf -v- 
 by on« atter another of « u ^,^ ,,., ^^.-Vr ' 
 whom until rW>;t;l''d;^^^^,, ^^^ 
 
 true nature. ''" V ,|,„ »iM)niit»H *'" "•** 
 ScroM^oplcal ---'ima .•>•"«.;« " '«- 
 r. yarded aH »"" . ''" ™ »„' th.' ffhtiof^oda, 
 .tr..ct«ral '''-'"''^^•^ " , ,a.v d In any ua..i- 
 n^M which th..y " j;;^..„ ii..wer»M».k, 
 >«, HyHt«m «'f/'j;X* ,hew th-m t.. U 
 
 Llcb..rkuhn •"»«*. ^'.^'^le up of lnnum.;lf. 
 
 eomp<.«nd organl -n.^ m^'" l^„„ .^aj.Ko 
 
 able •'n"'l''*-"i^' tionwl, a hl«h»fr p..wer 
 hfxliet before roentK n««», ^^j^v ^ftch of 
 Sr w^. contain a uu»l.c«, ^^ ,, 
 
 which rrsembUa two lit ^^ ^^^^^j,, 
 joined by an a. e. ^he",^., ,„ the wlnt.r, 
 'ofthe^ponge 'J".*",, J, lUtlo .plcula a.e 
 ,t turnii out t^" '"'*„1 rema n enov-t^d 
 
 winter ''P'»'*"a'^ rinK the cold, and grow 
 „d ttnbaimed dur>nK in ^^..^^,,^^180 
 
 Kt.» Spo-^K""" ll*J,%" „ uctlon which ha. 
 a8umniOrprooe«.«frep o ^^ ^..^,,a« ny 
 
 been «»>^«7'^' i Dr<H«HH,the r«,«ult of 
 Home aa a true ""X"*' F jj^ „va. 
 ScontWt of -peromif "a w^la,Hat whlcU 
 Although thew BimP « ^^''^ lanni-, ar« but 
 we ba^e taken tiaHl.l«''«V« f^ ^^^^, r 
 
 Uttlo Knowjk *'*^" .,i^,y to offer to thU 
 aonotcoflrider it^^c.J«»y ^,,^^,„^ ,,,,. 
 
 AB-ooiatlon »»J "PJ'.Sht «nlntere«tlng, to 
 
 turQB «oK«"°"*^LX to the eX.'lusl nol 
 „»onopoll«e ««XSrt "coogenerH. /or; 
 their more •^/*"*'"„f jif.. none of Vta 
 Tthe true f "^J nr^ifj atlonK-nothlng 
 Infinite variety of mam ^ „ ^„^ 
 
 that Uve»-;'»'"'nf;'^e lowly th.n«H that 
 even theHe lowe.^^f t^e Jo^^ 7 ,^j^ j„ ^ .^^ 
 
 live, are t*»^y, ""J u?e of which man him- 
 ^arvellouB chain of life 01^ complexity of 
 
 ,,,f i. but the^^Ht ?^ 1.^^^^^^^^ ^^, 
 gtrmaure, how *^''" *. j,iKher ani.ffjl-^ 
 
 dlHtluguluh »^j7"^e the reBemblancel 
 
 «ame -on*^""* Tall anklysl"- , ^,„. 
 
 tectlou and f^";* *"^- anent the^e Btudle« 
 
 And Bhould any o^« « ^^ words of 
 
 whisper ciii *»"^l.T?hou«h uttered more 
 8tillingfle«t, .-h^ich, >"»« ^^ pondering 
 than two cenUiries ««^ a « ^^ ^^,„g^ that U 
 gtlllr-- wemay toe •"" ^ whatever patH 
 we study •«d,^<*"r8haTat last arrive at 
 we are »«<»5 ^°*^ J! ti ourBelves and othe«l. 
 •°"n""rfi% we 'bust be content to re. 
 but ot what Ktrgwp 
 
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