292 The Naturalist of Cumbrae. 



Mr. Gunn before, and to revive him after, the various 

 incidents of his troublesome task, but such a supposi- 

 tion does not coincide with the express direction that, 

 when the mud collected has had as much of the water 

 pressed out of it as possible, it is to be put into a jug 

 or other vessel and have the spirit out of the tin flask 

 poured over it. Anyhow Mr. Gunn took all the 

 demands upon him in good part, and not only 

 executed the commission in a most satisfactory 

 manner, but stirred up the microscopists of his own 

 neighbourhood to utilize the unsuspected resources 

 that lie in the seemingly repellent mud of rivers and 

 ponds. In these ways do genial workers not only 

 advance the bounds of science, but largely promote 

 the love of it. 



