i86 HIDDEN BEAUTIES OF NATURE 



The secret rests not merely in the fact that volvox 

 is both beautiful and essentially microscopic, but 

 in that it is a filant endowed with powers of 

 locomotion. 



Fig. 51. Volvox globator. 



of an inch in diameter. 



Our microscopes are arranged, but a friend arrives 

 who has never seen volvox. To him the first view is 

 conceded and all are curious to hear his opinion, 



