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103 
which habitually covers stag- 
nant pools with its floating sur- 
ce of green, and which forms 
^ SUrfacci of marshy waters’ 
, 8 ™g Pellicle so strongly 
col °ured, which, collected upon 
Paper, so long preserves its bril- 
liant tint. 
The Euglenia sanguined, at 
, rS ff een > becomes subsequently 
° a W ood colour. It has often 
Wen met with by microscopists. 
bhrenherg, who first described 
7 attnbut es to its great abun- 
dance the red colour of some 
stagnant waters. Its presence 
explains the pretended miracle 
of water changing into blood, 
whidi was frequently invoked by 
the Egyptian priests. 
Flg ' **' VirUU wagnl!M 35() t . mes 
Vj ii‘iATE Infusoria. 
remaAable ^ 
more or less nbl, ’ ' ' dl<jlr bod ies are 
fashioned like a shut I" " ° Y ° id ’ SOmetimes 
ampulla, or belM* M arrd flattouodtto aT 
f '“ ICSl, " UI J' «»mU6 a tadpole a 
«uo U. a shoe, a rose-bud, , W> w »*» 
u«uX .rTr US lla ™ ° ,Kibk Wj, 
P ; a Tb 8 0rm '-r d m0M “ '« 4u 
L p r Ihey are l )rovi<I cd with a loose reticu- 
XaB 0 :^ 8 .' th ’° U8h ,’'“ mimerous 
lle cil V arranged in a regular series. 
