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phase of each transformation ! How valuable, too, 

 would be tlie study of the peculiarities of these 

 beautiful and almost microscopic entoniostracse I 

 What more delightful to the student than to know 

 that he is making new discoveries most beneficial 

 to mankind, and which will be connected with his 

 name in future generations ! There is no part of 

 creation uninteresting, without its uses, or which 

 does not possess its benefits for man ; and there 

 is none, therefore, which is- not worthy of his most 

 earnest attention. Those who first study this science, 

 and who first discover its hidden secrets and virtues, 

 will deserve well of their country. For it is well 

 said that "he is one of the greatest benefactors to 

 his country, who makes two blades of grass grow 

 where one grew before ; " and, therefore, he who 

 makes two, twenty, or two hundred fine fish, where 

 one wretched starveling only grew before, will 

 assuredly not be very far behind in his deservings. 



Leaving for a time the subject of water weeds, let 

 us take other views of the necessaries for good water 

 cultivation. Many rivers are starved, in a great 

 measure, for the want of a few trees and bushes along 

 the banks, as foliage is one of the great purveyors and 

 providers of food for trout, and therefore, in many 

 places now destitute of it, and where the trout run 



