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spots which, as is often the case in lowly organized 

 animals, could by any suspicion subserve the pur- 

 pose of an organ sensitive to light. 



Then began the delicate task of taking the crea- 

 ture apart — a task wherein my new microscope 

 now stood in good stead; it was, in fact, entirely 

 with the aid of that instrument that the operation 

 was performed. The results of this latter bit of re- 

 search were far more noteworthy; and they were 

 three: the discovery of the first clue to its food 

 habits; the learning of its probable method of 

 breathing; the finding of the equally probable 

 cause of its premature death . . . All of which, 

 however, must await the future study of living 

 subjects for corroboration. 



As I have said, two years elapsed before that 

 opportunity came. In vain did I search every likely 

 spot along the shore. Once, indeed, I did come 

 upon a mutilated specimen thrown upon the beach 

 by a recent storm. Its like I had never seen de- 

 scribed; it was undoubtedly a new species; so I 

 gave it my name — on which score I expect to be- 

 come famous. As it offered nothing beyond what I 

 had already learned from my previous example, I 

 continued to be still far from my goal. But it was 



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