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THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. 



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a whitish flocculent mass was seen at the bottom of the 

 flask after the first fortnight, which gradually increased, 

 and at last formed a mass about i" 



in diameter. 



On microscopical examination, the white mass was 

 found to be made up of aggregations of colourless 

 particles, varying much in size and shape, and im- 

 bedded ib) in a distinct hyaline jelly-like material. 



The granules were 



highly refractive, altogether 



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regular in shape, and they varied in size from 



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Though most of them were 



Fig. 27. 



Fungus met with in a solution containing Potash-and- Ammonia 



Alum, with Tartar Emetic. ( X 600.) 



motionless and imbedded in the jelly, very many were 

 seen exhibiting active and independent movements- 

 some of these were in the form of little double 

 spherules {d\ and a very few others resembled Bacteria 

 about 8 Jq 0" in diameter, though they did not possess 

 the accustomed joint. 



