CHAPTER II. 



THE EGG. 



Don't put allyoiir eggs in one basket. Old Proverb. 



Put all your eggs in one basket^ and watch that basket. 



Mark Twain's Version. 



Careful and critical examination of an egg reveals 

 an arrangement of its contents in a series of layers as 

 seen in the illustration. 



Referring to the cut, A is the shell ; B is the 

 membrane adhering to the shell ; C is a second mem- 

 brane slightly adhering to B, except at the large end, 

 where the two separate and 

 form D, the air space ; E is 

 the first layer of the white 

 or albuminous part and is 

 in liquid form ; F is the 

 second layer, which is semi- 

 liquid, and G is the inner 

 layer ; H, H are the chal- 

 azse, or slightly thickened 

 membranes that unite the white to the membrane 

 enclosing the yolk, M. They form a ligament 

 that binds the parts together, and holds the yolk 

 suspended in the midst of the white or albumen. 

 I,J, Kare very fine membranes surrounding the yolk ; 

 L, is the germ, and N is the germ sack or utricle ; a, 

 b, c are separate layers composing the yolk. The 

 germ, L,, and germ sack, N ? are suspended by the mem- 



