ABUNDANCE OF ANIMAL LIFE 



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yards and decaying plants, the very dust of the air 

 and the depths of the sea, contain an abundance of 



FIG. i. Group of Egg-capsules of a Squid (Loligo\ one of the Cuttlefish. 

 The dark spots indicate the eggs. Natural size. (From a specimen in 

 the Manchester Museum. ) 



animal life. In the far north and south, as explorers 

 sought the Poles, they found birds and seals in plenty ; 



