CHAPTER V 



ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PONDS AND STREAMS 



THE enthusiastic microscopist will probably 

 never lack material for his instrument, what- 

 ever branch of microscopical work he may 

 decide to make his own. To the student of Pond 

 Life, either animal or vegetable, there is granted a 

 never-ending store of beautiful and interesting 

 objects. Because one pond has been thoroughly 

 searched and all that it can offer has been carefully 

 examined, we must not conclude that no other pond 

 will be worth our attention. Though indeed many 

 little animals occur over and over again in practi- 

 cally every pond, there are other equally interesting 

 animals which only occur in certain localities and for 

 these we must keep a sharp look-out. 



The apparatus needed for the collection of the 

 denizens of ponds and streams, need consist of no 

 more than a net with a very fine mesh and a jar 



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