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size, and irregularly placed with regard to the direction 

 of their long axis. Such areas are freely intermixed 

 with other less altered portions in which the Bacteria are 

 densely packed, even smaller than natural, and appa- 

 rently not separated by any pellucid material. Any of 

 the modified areas may after a time undergo changes, 

 very similar to those which I have last described as 

 resulting in the production of fungus-germs. 



On the other hand, a totally different fate may occa- 

 sionally await such modified areas. Thus, in a strong 

 infusion prepared with water at a temperature of about 

 I20°F, the pellicle was found to be abundant and pulpy; 

 and on the second day areas of the kind above described 

 were most marked and numerous ^ The contained 

 Bacteria very soon became notably larger and distinctly 

 loculated — each loculus containing two or three granules ; 

 whilst the jelly-like material was so abundant that 

 each Bacterium ^ was distinctly isolated from its fellows. 

 These particular areas were watched for several days, 

 and were not found to have any tendency to undergo 

 segmentation, although myriads of Monads had been 

 formed in adjacent portions of the pellicle, as well as 

 Fungus-germs which had vegetated into mycelial fila- 

 ments and bore numerous heads of spores, similar to 

 those of a small variety of Fenlcllllum glaucum. The Bac- 

 teria included within these areas seemed to possess too 



' The daily atmospheric temperature being about 62°F. 

 "^ The corpuscular appearance of some of these bodies was so marked 

 that they might, perhaps, more appropriately be spoken of as Torulce. 



