12 VIGNETTES FROM INVISIBLE LIFE. 



creatures is with a bottle screwed on to a ring at 

 the end of a stick (collecting- sticks, made for the 

 purpose, may be bought), and dipping here and 

 there until you find what you seek. Having drawn 

 up your bottle of water, you apply a pocket lens to 

 the contents ; and if you have caught the objects of 

 your desire, you will see a number of small white 

 rolling bodies, the Conochilus volvox. Not that all 

 small white rolling objects are Conochilus. 



These small white revolving objects, when 

 placed under the microscope, appear marvellous 

 and beautiful. We are all led to speculate some- 

 times upon the forms that life may assume in other 

 worlds than ours. For those of us who are familiar 

 with the use of the microscope these speculations 

 and fancies are much widened : and I for one have 

 come to the conclusion that nothing that could be 

 found in any other world is likely to exceed in 

 strangeness or beauty the actual forms of life which 

 exist in countless millions in our own. Of these 

 one of the most remarkable is the white rolling 

 globe that may be gathered from the pond at 

 Walthamstow. 



First, bear in mind the size of the globe or the 



