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cess of reproduction. Possibly another exi)lan:ition is, tliat 

 Amreba, like many other microscopic forms, is frrej^arious in its 

 liabits, and unites for tlie |)Urpose of gathering up the food in 

 it track. In tlie patches here observed, many individuals were 

 more or less gorged with the other organisms lying or moving 

 around them. It seems plain from some incidents related fur- 

 ther on that at least two individuals can and do unite for a 

 common purpose. 



FIG. 1.— QIIESCENT STATK (IK .\M(KBA. THE LOWER ONE IS PISHING t)ll AM* 

 DRAWING IN SHOKT FINGER-LIKE I'lK (CESSES. 



FIG. 2.— A LINE (iF TEK AMiEHAS IN CLOSE CONTACT, FOlRnK THE LOWER ONES 

 ADVANCING TO THE LEFT. 



FIG. :$.— A ,><TENTOR WHOSE MIDDLE IS ENCLOSED AND PINCHED BY AN AMiEBA. 

 THE STENToR DREW ITSEfcF OUT (iF THE CAVITY AND ESCAPED ININJURED. 



Of all things connect d with tlie Amoeba, those which excite 

 the liveliest interest are the combats frequently witnessed in its 

 endeavor to capture other animalcules for some of which it 

 seems to have a special liking. In illustration of this the fol- 

 lowing incidents are narrated. 



