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film along what proved to be the anterior side of the cell. This 

 film or fan rounded about the ends of the elongate cell, thus 

 giving the canoe-like form (Fig. i). By use of the microdissection 



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i. Typical " Canoe " cell, Drawn from stained preparation. 



I x. _ and 3. !.... o-ll (2) and double fanned or bipolar 



ci-11 (3) showing microdi- l>i"ly of cell and beneath the cover 



i. The fans arc firmly at t nd the needle can not be pushe '-n tin-m 

 the 



apparatus the relation of the cell to the cover glass was determined 

 more accurately. It was possible to slide a needle between the 

 more visible spindle shaped part of the cell and the cover glass. 

 The, fan, however, was firmly attached (Fig. 2). The fan wa^ 

 clearly of ectoplasm in the gel state while there was more fluid 

 protoplasm within the body of the cell. 



I believe these fans to be the motor organs of the cell. There 



