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Show HJ.r tb lrllirm Tl.Tl.n. tu (Id country tho earthworm U per hat tho mo-t abun lant animal of any Uot It would bo dltllcillt lutlu inett with worms by digging In almmt any locality, and yet It 1 ono of tho tnmt erwecutt crcaturm that breathe. Not oidy do bird hunt It unreailnjily, but tho girdcner, armetl with a watering jtotand solution of corrosl eubllmil( laj lit ten of thou-and. AWien they soi U for refuge deep down In tho Ml they are ptimiM by inoh'j ccntl let en I arlnui hrfccts attack them, and in fact eery ono's hand I agalnt them. Hut, In rpllo of this general hostility on the part of anlumtv creation, crea-tion, they thrho and multiply 'J he lint and j rlnclpst rrawm for thl Uthelr great fertility and the lorond Uthrlr great poir of recovery alter aeeldtnt which woull rnpldty terml Hats the e.Wtenco of mora highly nr gnuhe 1 creatures. An earthworm can low a const le ratio portion of lltelf without u tiering, apparently. ttn temporary lnconvenlrnce, anl Inlerd some of the fre-h wattranmllK which aro near relitlont of the earthworm, voluntarily dlrl lo thcrmel.es Into sev real piece, larh of which leoomeA now worm. Chambers Journal |