Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 666
r four goldfish two or more days. It is interesting to multiply such comparisons,and this practice is the best possible way to im-press upon our minds the size of these smallcreatures. In the pond mentioned at the begin-ning of this article the largest insect found wasthe water scavenger-beetle,… … THE HOME OF DAPHNIA AND CYCLOPS.One each of the tiny forms enlarged (within the circle). even to this huge insect the pond, which I couldhave crossed at its widest part in a runningjump, was as a lake, the reeds on its edge likeforest trees to us. 1132 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Oct.,
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