BOYS AO GIRLS IN BIOLOGY. 



CHAPTEK I. 



THE FUNGUS, OS COLORLESS PLANT. 



What the Boys and Girls found in a Spoonful of Yeast. — Bubbles and 

 Babies, Cooks and Chemists. 



Upon the old stone hearth by the kitchen fireplace 

 stood a quaint-looking earthen jar, whose outside, so 

 often spattered with batter, told of the treasures within 

 — the precious buckwheat-cakes. 



My early affection for these most questionable arti- 

 cles was most unquestionable ; indeed, my heart was in 

 them from the time they were mixed, with familiar 

 sound, the night before, in the depths of that myste- 

 rious jar, till in the morning they foamed over its brim, 

 and over the ladle on to the griddle, and at last yielded 

 themselves, crisp and brown, to the melting influence of 

 fresh butter, maple-syrup, and a good appetite. 



