Natural History

Marvels of Pond-life

by Henry James Slack

Henry James Slack kept a year’s diary of what he found under the microscope in a few jars of pond water, from polyps and infusoria to rotifers and water-bears. The animals he describes are too small for the eye, and in his pages they hunt, feed and quarrel like the creatures of a larger world. It was written for anyone with a microscope and a pond within reach.

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Reading time

About 2 hr 40 min

Where to find it

Brobdingnag

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #36903. In the public domain in the United States.