194 MARVELS OF POND-LIFE. 



to means of existence and enjoyment, and are led 

 to the conviction that all the actions and ari'anire- 

 nients of the organic or inorganic worlds are doe 

 to a definite direction and co-ordination of a few 

 simple forces, which implicitly and unerringly obey 

 the dictates of an Omniscient Mind, 



