2 THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 



creatures tenanting its dense waters. Little 

 fresh-water snails may be seen creeping on the 

 stones close to the brink of the Niagara Falls. 

 An army of a million tiny wingless insects has 

 been observed crossing the Mer de Glace near 

 Chamonix. There are insects that run about 

 on the surface of the Open Sea. There are 

 many animals that find a home in coal-pits. 

 It seems as if there are no corners which liv- 

 ing creatures have not explored, from the 

 great abysses of the Deep Sea, perhaps six 

 miles below the surface, to near the summits 

 of the Alps, from the floating iceberg in the 

 North to beneath ten feet of ice on the Ant- 

 arctic shore. Perhaps there are always some 

 living creatures trying to conquer a new king- 

 dom. Life is a kind of activity, and living 

 creatures tend to be restless, seeking out places 

 where they can express themselves and assert 

 themselves more fully. 



Thus it has come to pass that living crea- 

 tures have spread over all the earth, and in 

 the waters under the earth, and in more than 

 the seven seas. One may almost say that over 

 earth and sea life is omnipresent. But it is 

 very useful to distinguish Six GREAT HAUNTS 

 OF LIFE: 



