MARVELS OF THE POND. 



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danger. It also has some kind of feeling, for it 

 possesses at least a rudimentary nervous system. 

 Let it therefore be treated tenderly, and give it 

 plenty of room in the live-box or compressorium; 

 for otherwise, like Melicerta, with its beautiful tube, 

 it may be crushed to death, and suffer who knows 

 how much pain. 



