78 HUMBLE CREATURES. 



And noWj dear Reader^ we must draw these ob- 

 servations to a close, and shall claim your attention 

 whilst we address a few concluding remarks to you 

 concerning the task that we have accomplished. 



If you were previously unacquainted with the 

 nature of the Worm and My, we hope that our de- 

 scription and history will have revealed to you such 

 novel facts as are calculated to elevate your concep- 

 tion of these two animals, and invest them with fresh 

 interest. We have endeavoured, without burdening 

 your mind with scientific details and phraseology, to 

 lay before you the principal circumstances that have ' 

 been ascertained in regard to their structure and 

 history, up to the present time ; to communicate the 

 enjoyment afforded to ourselves by the iavestigation 

 of the various organs, and thereby induce you to 

 take a deeper interest in the subject, and occupy 

 yourself with inquiries into those functions that you 

 will have found to be imperfectly understood. It is 

 difficult, either by a description, or plates, to impart 

 an adequate idea of the various beauties that present 

 themselves in an investigation of the different parts 

 of the Ply's structure with the aid of the microscope; 

 and if these pages lead you to examine for yourself 

 the curious mechanisms by which the creature per- 

 forms its vital functions, we have little doubt that 

 the pleasure you will experience will be to you, as it 

 has already been to many others, the magnet that 

 win attract you to a more earnest search after scien- 

 tific knowledge. 



