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HABITS OF WORMS. 



Chap. IL 



burrow, that the broader end was not well 

 adapted for this purpose — even in this case 

 a large proportion would probably have had 

 their basal ends dirtied. We may therefore 

 infer — improbable as is the inference — that 

 worms are able by some means to judge 

 wliich is the best end by which to draw 

 triangles of paper into their burrows. 



The per centage results of the foregoing ob- 

 servations on the manner in which worms 

 draw various kinds of objects into the mouths 

 of their burrows may be abridged as follows : — 



