Rural School Leaflet. 



875 



Observations by the pupils. — 



1. Why are the legs of the dog long and strong in proportion to the 

 body rather than those of the cat? 



2. Compare the feet of the cat with the dog and note which has the 

 heavier pads. Why is this so? 



3. Which has the stronger and heavier claws the dog or the cat? Can 

 the dog retract his claws so that they are not visible, as does the cat? 

 Of what use is this arrangement to the dog? Are the front feet just like 

 the back feet? How many toe impressions show in the track of the dog? 



4. What is the general characteristic of the body of the dog? Is it 

 soft, like that of the cat, or lean and muscular? What is the diflference 



covermg 



between the hair 

 dog and cat? 

 tude of the dog 

 fast? How many 

 the dog? 



5. In general, 

 of the dog differ 

 cat? Does the 

 upon its eyes for 

 as does the c.it? 

 the dark' What 

 your dog's eyes' 



6. Study the car 

 covered? Is this 

 able? Is it a flap 

 shaped? How is 

 when the dog is 



a sheet of paper into a daring tube and place the small end upon your 

 own ear and see if it helps you to hear better the sounds in the direction 

 toward which the tube opens. Note how the hound lifts his long ear- 

 laps, so as to make a tube for conveying sounds to his inner ear. Do 

 you think that dogs can hear well? 



7. What is the position of the nose in the dog's face? Of what use is 

 this? Describe the nostrils; are they placed on the foremost point of 

 the nose? Are they flaring? What is the condition of the skin that 

 surrounds them? How does this soft moist condition of the nose aid 

 the dog? What other animals have it? Does the dog recognize his 

 friends or become acquainted with strangers by means of his sight or 

 his powers of smelling? 



8. How long after a fox or rabbit has passed can a hound follow the 

 track? Do'^s ho follow them by sight or by smell? What are the con- 



FiG. 12. — Poodle 



of the 

 What is the atti- 

 w h e n running 

 kinds of gaits has 



how do the eyes 

 from those of the 

 dog rely as much 

 finding its prey 

 Can a dog see in 

 is the color of 



of the dog; is it 

 outer ear mov- 

 oris it cornucopia 

 this flap used 

 listening? Roll 



