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XXIII. SOME MICROSCOPIC FRIENDS 125 



XXIV. SOME MICROSCOPIC MUMMIES . . . . . 130 

 XXV. THE WORKERS OF THE BODY 135 



XXVI. GERMS : GOOD AND BAD 140 



XXVII. A CONFUSING CASE 145 



XXVIII. FLIES 150 



XXIX. A GOOD STARVE 155 



XXX. OTHER SENSES THAN OURS l6o 



XXXI. SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE EAR . . . .165 



XXXII. NOISE 171 



XXXIII. THE PROBLEM OF LIFE 176 



XXXIV. WHAT IS MESMERISM? iSl 



XXXV. THE CASE OF COLONEL TOWNSHEND . . . 1 86 



XXXVI. THE SPLEEN 19 1 



XXXVII. THE TONGUE AND SPEECH 196 



XXXVIII. TOWN LIFE AND ITS EFFECTS 2OI 



XXXIX. A RAINY DAY 206 



XL. THE LESSONS OF A QUARRY 211 



XLI. THE STORY OF THE ISLANDS . . . . . 2l6 



XL1I. THE LIFE OF ISLANDS 221 



XLIII. A CORNER OF KENT 226 



XLIV. THE INROADS OF THE SEA 231 



XLV. THE GROTTOES OF HAN 236 



XLVI. COAL AT DOVER 242 



