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gnawing teeth to gnaw holes in nuts to get the meats. It also carries its 

 food, like nuts, apples or pears, in its teeth. It uses its front feet like 

 hands, holding its food up to its mouth. It is covered with fur, which 

 keeps it warm in the winter. It has a long, graceful, bushy tail, which 

 helps to steer it when it leaps about the tree tops, and which it also uses 

 as a boa to fold about itself when it curls up in its nest in winter. 



LESSON XXIII. 



THE HABITS OF THE RED SQUIRREL. 



Purpose. — To set the children to observing all the actions of the 

 squirrel out-of-doors. 



Things to he discovered. — What does it eat? In stealing pears and 

 apples what part does it eat? In winter what part of pine cone does it 

 eat? How often does it come out in winter? Does it store its food, if 

 so, where? What sort of a home does it have for winter? What about 

 the summer home? What sort of noise does it make? 



References. — Cornell Natiire-Stndy Leaflets, pp. 435-495. "Squirrels 

 and Other Fur Bearers," Burroughs, p. i. "American Animals," Stone 

 & Cram, p. 173. " Secrets of the Woods," Long, p. y;^. " Familiar Life 

 in Field and Forest," p. 266. " Little Beasts of Field and Wood," Cram, 

 p. 195. " Wild Neighbors," Ingersoll, Chap. I. Boys and Girls, Jan., 

 1903, " Furry." 



STORIES OF THE BEAVER. 

 LESSON XXIV. 



Purpose. — To interest the pupil in the animals that were once com- 

 mon in America. 



This will need to be a matter of story reading in the higher grades 

 or story telling for the lower grades. 



References. — " The Builders in Wilderness Ways," Long ; " The 

 Biography of a Beaver," Forest Neighbors, Hulbert. N. Y. State Eleventh 

 Annual Report of Forest, Fish and Game Commission, p. 188. 



THE CAT. 

 LESSON XXV. 



Preliminary Work. — Most children arc interested in this domestic pet to begin 

 with, and most of them have many stories to tell of its interesting ways; therefore, 

 tlie hringing of a pet cat to the schoolroom with the idea of finding out how pussy 

 is able to get her food, defend herself, wash herself, etc., seems a most natural 



