CHAPTER VII.

JUNE AND JULY.

Lindia torulosa--OEcistes crystallinus--A Professor of Deportment on Stilts--Philodina--Changes of Form and Habits--Structure of Gizzard in Philodina Family--Mr. Gosse's Description--Motions of Rotifers--Indications of a Will--Remarks on the Motions of Lower Creatures--Various Theories--Possibility of Reason--Reflex Actions--Brain of Insects--Consensual Actions--Applications of Physiological Reasoning to the Movements of Rotifers and Animalcules