INFUSORIA. 
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hundred anHktTf M ^ produ0Bd more than one million three 
^fe Cr- thousand forms like itself. 
infusoria has its jr R r it5 at ^i in SUch abundance that the smallest 
a * “a dwelling anK tr Sf"” 5 th<3Se in their -rving 
smaller animalcules 1 as r ° to use Humboldt’s words, for still 
various stages ; l the lar^erT™ T Flg ' 27 ~~® being P arasites in 
themselves. ’ ° mmalcule on which they have established 
to p ^r„z^i* h 0 f;‘ te “! cui,ti °° w ” ,d re “ i ' a ™ 
‘ ' 1 ‘ , " W " Crtllm «"«* and it* rnrasItB,. 
prodiice myriads of thesfmicrSp^a 101 ? developmen t, in order t 
^ have seen three m olTo ^ f *w days, 
possible that a fourth mode exists Wi™ “ tLe ^Wia; it i 
° f s P° n ^neou8 generation. Accord! lch lb \ I ,artls ans give the nam 
nan be produced without egc^erm 8 to their Hews, an infusori 
he sufficient to expose organic matter par ° nt ' Xt ™>ul 
ot the air and water at a suitable l^ 1 or vegetable, to the actio 
matter organize itself, and form itself intoH ^ ^ ^ * 860 thi 
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