Chapthr II. 



THE EG(^ 



Don t put all your t'ggs in otic ba&kci. — Old Troverb. 



Put all your eggs in one basket, and 7vatcli that basket. 



— Mark Twain's Version. 



Careful and critical examination of an egg reveals 

 n arrangement of its contents in a series of layers as 

 eeu in the illustration. 



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

 [lembraue adhering to the shell ; C is a second meni- 

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

 .here the two separate and 

 orm D, the air space ; K is 

 tie first layer of the white 

 r albuminous part and is 

 n liquid form ; F is the 

 econd layer, which is semi- 

 iquid, and G is the inner 

 lyer ; H, H are the chal- 

 zae, or slightly thickened 

 iiembraues that unite the white to the membrane 

 nclosing the yolk, M. They form a ligament 

 liat binds the parts together, and holds the yolk 

 uspended in the midst of the white or albumen. 

 ,J, Kare very fine membranes surrounding the yolk ; 

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

 , c are separate layers composing the yolk. The 

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



