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his puckers, and assume tlie appearance of a res- 

 pectable well-to-do animalcule. 



Three hours after the ^'fission" the proboscis 

 half was not unlike the foruier self of the late 

 ''entire," but with diminished body and larger 

 neck; while the remaining portion had assumed a 

 flask form, and would not have been known by 

 his dearest acquaintance. The portraits of the 

 dis-United States were quickly taken, and, as bed- 



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Trachelius ovum— thi-ee hours after division. 



time had arrived, they were left to darkness and 

 themselves. The next morning a change had 

 come over the "spirit of their dream." Both were 

 quiet, or sedately moving, and they were nearly 

 alike. The proboscis fellow had increased and 

 rounded his body, and diminished his nose; while 

 Mr. Flask had grown round also, and evinced an 

 intention of cultivating a proboscis himself. Twenty- 

 seven hours after the separation, both had made 

 considerable progress in arranging and developing 

 their insides, which had been thrown into great 



