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the branch of apple in it. This is called a breeding-cage and 

 its use is to keep the insects from straying about the school- 

 room. Fig. 25. 



4. A twig bearing the egg mass of the tent caterpillar. 

 Fig. 27. These are easily found before the leaves appear o»n 

 apple trees or on wild cherry. 



Methods of Using this Leaflet. 



The teacher should give the pupils a preliminary talk upon 

 tents. Speak of the tents used by Indians, by armies, by cir- 

 cuses, by campers, and de- 

 scribe them each in turn. 

 The teacher should use all 

 the facts at her disposal, and 

 all her ingenuity to get the 

 children interested in this 

 subject. Spend a little time 

 for two or three days in dis- 

 cussing tents, and get the 

 pupils to tell orally or in 

 essays all they know 

 about tents. When suf- 

 ficient interest is thus 

 aroused tell them this : 

 " The reason we have 

 talked about tents is be- 

 cause we are going to 

 study some little folks who make tents and live in them. Their 

 tents are not made of bark like the Indian's or of canvas like the 

 soldier's, but are made of the finest silk, which is spun and 

 woven by the tenters themselves. These silken tents are not 

 pitched upon the ground and fastened down by ropes and pegs, 

 for these folk, like the Swiss Family Robinson, live in trees. 

 Many people live in one of these tree tents, and they are all 

 brothers and sisters. Now, just where these tents are made 

 and how they are made, and what sort of little people make 

 them are things which we will find out if we watch carefully 

 and patiently." 



25. T/ie breeding cage. 



