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?.Ir. Piitchard's popular description of this curious crea- 

 ture. 



" The Author of Nature, to whom all things are alike 

 easy of execution, as if intending to teach man a lesson 

 of humility, and that no part of creation, however minute, 

 is beneath his consideration, has conferred on these ani- 

 mals, that are barely perceptible toour unassisted vision, 

 more elegance and variety of form, more richness in 

 their colouring, and more beauty and exquisite finish- 

 ing, than on the whale or the elephant, which mainly 

 excite our admirat-ion, by the magnitude of the mass of 

 living matter they present to us. 



Cyclops quadrkornis. (Fig. 1, highly magnified ; fig. 2, natural size.) 



"These little crustaceous animals may be found at all 

 seasons of the year, near the surface of the water ; they 

 are, however, most abundant in July and August. I 



