1 68 THE LIFE OF PHILIP HENRY GOSSE. 



" February *i8. — Having caught some water insects, and 

 " put them into water with a little duckweed, I found a 

 " few Cyclopidae among them. One was a largish plump 

 "fellow, which under the lens presented a very pretty 

 " appearance, being of a pellucid white, brightly shining 

 "in the light, like a polished egg. On the 16th I put 

 " this, with two little ones, into a clear phial, with water 

 " and a little duckweed ; neither had eggs. The next 

 " day I could see no more of one of the little ones ; but 

 " to-day the remaining little one has a capsule of eggs 

 " on each side the tail, projecting. 



"February 19. — This morning, while I was looking at 

 " the Cyclopidae, the large one suddenly darted at the 

 " little one, and they had a tussle ; immediately I per- 

 " ceived that nearly the whole of one capsule of eggs was 

 " gone from the little one, about five eggs only remaining 

 " on the right side, attached to a portion of the ovary. 

 " I dare say the former one was devoured. In the after- 

 "noon, on looking again, I see the large one has got 

 "two projecting ovaries attached. 



" February 20. — To-day the small Cyclops was desti- 

 " tute of eggs, and with a lens I found many little 

 " creatures, exceedingly minute, darting hither and 

 " thither, nothing in form like the parent, but much like 

 " mites, with four projecting feet and two antennae. 



" February 22. — The larger Cyclops still carries her 

 " e gg s > but the smaller has acquired another double 

 " series. I fancy them to be of a paler grey, when first 

 " extruded. 



" February 24. — This afternoon I see the large Cyclops 



" is divested of her ovaries, and the water now swarms 



"with the little quadrupedal young." 



It is noticeable, in dealing with these scientific diaries, 



that although they were not intended for publication, 



