DROPS OF WATER; 



THEIR 



MARVELLOUS AND BEAUTIFUL INHABITANTS 



DISPLAYED BY THE MICROSCOPE. 



BY 



AGNES CATLOW, 



AUTHOR OF 'POPULAR CONCHOLOGY,' 'POPULAR FIELD BOTANY,' &c. 



''' For Nature here 



Wanton'd as in her prime, and played at will 

 Her virgin fancies." Milton. 



LONDON I 



REEVE AND BENHAM, 

 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



1851. 



