38 THE WAY LIFE BEGINS 



velops are discharged from her body. The milt from the 

 male passes down the sides of the female and thus reaches 

 the eggs as they emerge. 



In a very short time after reaching the water, the egg 

 envelop swells and in a few hours the cycle of life begins 

 anew. Egg to tadpole, tadpole to frog, frog to egg again — 

 a never-ending series. 



