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. It thus appeared that in the strange a of being the whale is 
pendent on the diatom for its existence. ‘In conclusion, you will allow 
me to remark,” said Mr. Brown, ‘that I eee nothing stranger in all the 
unfolded. Protozoon 
mated at £100,000,t is dependent for its existence on a being 80 
that it takes hundreds to be massed together before they can be visite 
a 
afforded by his discoveries, and we may look for further details 
publication of the paper in a few weeks. — Land and Water. 
WANTED, A ROTIFER.— I have hunted = c pools, 
lakes, ditches, and en ers, and viewed many a “field” alive with’ 
orms of beauty, both animal and vegetable, yet never a a Boili 
found or seen. I have searched with high powers and low powi 
all in vain. Itis true my hunting ground (or water) has been co 

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' the fu 
` * Nelson, in his “ Skandanavieske Faune,” vol. i., gives the pea cm. 
eine . i ar bears! 
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tn 1867, the twelve serew steamers of Dundee obtained pie ajes mo als 0 
t was estimated that the loss to each steamer was £5,000, ne 
at the figure given, 
