44 DROPS OF WATER. 



esting to trace such occurrences in progress at 

 the present time. The author has seen water, 

 brought from a lake in the island of St. Vincent, 

 crowded with the shields of races of Naviculte 

 which at present inhabit it ; and the mud 

 which is being deposited in abundance at the 

 bottom of the lake, is almost entirely composed 

 of them/ 3 



There can be few subjects more interesting 

 to the thinking mind than these details of the 

 living animalcule, and its fossil remains. 



" These viewless beings, to whom 

 Each tiny drop is as an ample world, each day 

 A life of ecstasy, fulfil their Maker's high behests, 

 And, in obeying, find felicity." 



An outline of the history, habits, and loca- 



