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panied with a marvellous increase of energy 

 and activity, fitting the young fish to provide 

 for itself; and, remember that this change 

 from comparative indolence to vigorous exer- 

 tion follows change of season, the hatching 

 being at a time when the water is cold, and 

 insects and all kinds of food are scarce; the 

 stage of activity, when the spring is com- 

 mencing, and food of a suitable kind is be- 

 coming plentiful. Can you wish for, or ima- 

 gine a more striking instance of adaptation ? 



AMICUS. It is, indeed, admirable ! If there 

 be " sermons in stones," what theology is there 

 not, what evidences of Natural Eeligion are there 

 not in the ovum, and its living products ! 



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