CHAPTER III 



FOSSIL RADIOLARIA (POLYCYSTINA) 

 AND FORAMINIFERA 



Fossil Radiolaria. 



(Polycystina.) 



~T~N the opinion of a great many microscopists 

 *- there is no more beautiful object for study 

 than a slide of polycystina from the rocks of 

 Barbados. 



People have been tempted to purchase micro- 

 scopes from having seen, for the first time, a 

 collection of these matchless structures. Word- 

 painting fails to describe their attractiveness. 

 Photography through the microscope helps to 

 convey a something of their beauty, but the 

 actual specimens must be seen mounted on a 



