286 THE LOG OF THE SUN 



to grow a new head and tentacles complete, becom- 

 ing a perfect animal. 



Then we shall often come across a queer crea- 

 ture with two oar-like feelers near the head and 

 a double tail tipped with long hairs, while in the 

 centre of the head is a large, shining eye, — 

 Cyclops he is rightly called. Although so small 

 that we can make out little of his structure with- 

 out the aid of the lens, yet Cyclops is far from 

 being related to the other still smaller beings 

 which swim about him, many of which consist of 

 but one cell and are popularly known as animal- 

 cule, more correctly as Protozoans. Cyclops has 

 a jointed body and in many other ways shows his 

 relationship to crabs and lobsters, even though 

 they are many times larger and live in salt water. 



Another member of this group is Daphnia, 

 although the appropriateness of this name yet 

 remains to be discovered ; Daphnia being a chunky- 

 bodied little being, with a double-branched pair of 

 oar-like appendages, with which he darts swiftly 

 through the water. Although covered with a hard 

 crust like a crab, this is so transparent that we 

 can see right through his body. The dark mass 

 of food in the stomach anfd the beating heart are 

 perfectly distinct. Often, near the upper part of 

 the body, several large eggs are seen in a sort of 

 pouch, where they are kept until hatched. 



So if the sea is far away and time hangs heavy, 

 invite your friends to go sponging and crabbing 



