NAME AND SHAPE. 9 
The first watches were egg-shaped, and, from 
their origin in that city, were called Nuremberg 
animated eggs. 
The new Century dictionary gives more than 
fifty derivations and compounds of the word 
ere. 
“ Nature is very skillful; we don’t take half 
as many hints from her as we might. Do you 
observe these eggs all of one color — those deli- 
cate blues — these exquisite drabs? Hf you 
ever wish to paint a room, take one of these 
egos for a model, and you will arrive at such 
tints as no painter ever imagined out of his own 
head, I know.” 
CHAS. READE. 
The nine thousand varieties of known birds 
furnish every shade of color in eggs. This is a 
device of Nature for their protection. Birds 
whose nests are covered lay white eggs, while in 
open nests in fields or on the sand the eggs are 
colored like surrounding objects. 
The surface of the shell may be rough or 
