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maining portion had assumed a flask form, and would 

 not have been known by his dearest acquaintance. The 

 portraits of the dis-United States were quickly taken^ 





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Traehelius ovum, three hours after division. 



andj as bed-time had arrived, they were left to darkness 

 and themselves. The next morning a change had come 

 over the " spirit of their dream.^^ Both were quiet, or 

 sedately moving, and they were nearly alike. The 

 proboscis fellow had increased and rounded his body, 

 and diminished his nose; while Mr. Flask had grown 

 round also, and evinced an intention of cultivating a 

 proboscis himself. Twenty-seven hours after the 

 separation, both had made considerable progress in 

 arranging and developing their insides, which had been 

 thrown into great confusion by the way in which the 

 original animal had been wrenched in half, and in both 

 a granular mass was forming opposite the mouth end. 

 The proboscis portion, which may perhaps be termed 

 the mother, was more advanced than her progeny, but 

 both had a great deal to do if they meant to exhibit the 

 original figure, and develope a set of bowels as elegantly 

 branched. Whether they would have succeeded or not 

 under happier circumstances I cannot tell^ but unfor- 



