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sect unknown to me, with a yellowish glo- 

 bular body the size of a lentil. Amongst 

 the grass were thousands of the most mi- 

 nute species of Gnat, {Culex pulicaris,) 

 the males being distinguished by their hairy 

 foretops (anteiince). 



The water swarmed with innumerable 

 small fishes, just spawned, so pellucid that 

 they were rendered conspicuous chiefly by 

 their large eyes. The observer of nature 

 sees, with admiration, that " the whole 

 w^orld is full of the glory of God/' 



This neighbourhood abounds with the 

 Stellaria minima of botanists, {Callitriche,) 

 generally supposed to be very rare. It is 

 evidently no naturally distinct species, but 

 a variety caused by circumstances. Every 

 one knows that the common kind always 

 floats in the water ; whereas this minima 

 never grows where water is actually pre- 

 sent, but where it has been dried up in 

 consequence of hot weather. Not being, 

 therefore, able to sustain itself upright, it 

 must creep, and become^ at the same time 



