2 THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 



creatures tenanting its dense waters. Little 

 fresh-water snails may be seen creeping on the 

 stones close to the brink of the Niagara Falls. 

 An army of a million tiny wingless insects 

 has been observed crossing the Mer de Glace 

 near Chamonix. There are insects that run 

 about on the surface of the Open Sea. There 

 are many animals that find a home in coal-pits. 

 It seems as if there are no corners which living 

 creatures have not explored, from the great 

 abysses of the Deep Sea, perhaps six miles 

 below the surface, to near the summits of the 

 Alps, from the floating iceberg in the North 

 to beneath ten feet of ice on the Antarctic 

 shore. Perhaps there are always some living 

 creatures trying to conquer a new kingdom. 

 Life is a kind of activity, and living creatures 

 tend to be restless, seeking out places where 

 they can express themselves and assert them- 

 selves more fully. 



Thus it has come to pass that living creatures 

 have spread over all the earth, and in the 

 waters under the earth, and in more than the 

 seven seas. One may almost say that over 

 earth and sea life is omnipresent. But it is 

 very useful to distinguish Six GREAT HAUNTS 

 OF LIFE : 



