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"What is the length of the Cachalot? What proof is metitionorl 

 of its strength ? On what does it i)rineiiially feed ? (JJaltcniihe.) 

 — r. 429. — On what does the Coininon Wliale feed ? Is it now 

 abundant in the Greenland Seas? Why is the teiin "Whale- 

 fishery" objectionable ? Wliat is the position of the tail ? What 

 is it in fishes ? To what ditTerent purposes is it applied by Whales 

 and by fishes? What is the superlieial measurement of the tail 

 in sonic of the larger Whales ? To what pressure is the Whale 

 when at great depths occasionally subjected? How is it ren- 

 dered capable of resisting this pressure ? In Avhat way does this 

 prevent the heat of the body from being dissipated? Does it 

 increase the density of the animal, or not ? What is the length 

 of the Piorqual ? What ancient tradition respecting the Whale 

 is recorded by Milton ? 



Order Carnivora.. — P. 4P>2. — To what animals is this term 

 now restricted ? What are the characteristics of the Tiger ? Of 

 the Bear? Of the Seal? What number of species does this 

 Order contain ? Into how many families arc they divided ? 

 Family I. — Fhoddcc. — P. 4S3. — In what do the Seals resemble 

 the Ccincca? In what do they differ from them? Where do 

 they live ? What number is supposed to be annually taken ? 

 How many species are found on these coasts ? What lengths do 

 they attain ? II. — Ursida'. — P. 433. — What are the most obvious 

 peculiarities of the Bears? What is the principal food of the 

 American Black Bear? What of the Polar Bear? Where is the 

 Brown Bear found ? Have any fossil remains of animals of this 

 family been found in England? Is any living representative yet 

 existing there? What is said of fossil remains of the same 

 species ? What does Professor Owen say of the antiquity of the 

 Badger? HI. — Mustelidcc. — P. 434. — What animals may be enu- 

 merated as giving an idea of the chai'acteristic striictm-e of the 

 group ? In what way has the Otter been made nscful ? In what 

 particular does the Stoat resemble the Alpine Hare ? At what 

 altitude has the Ermine been found ? IV. — Canidcc. — What ani- 

 mals belong to this family ? What is supposed to be the source 

 from which our domestic dogs have sprung? V. — Felidce. — P. 

 435. — What animals are included in the family of the Cats? 

 What effect have they on the numbers of the smaller mammalia ? 

 What animal is now the sole representative in these countries 

 of this group? What was the "Great Cave Tiger?" What is 

 Dr. Buckland's statement respecting the remains found in a cave 

 at Kirkdale? To what countries are Hy;€nas now restricted? 

 AVhat is their food, and mode of using it? How many indivi- 

 duals, according to Buckland, must have lived in the Kirkdale 

 Cave ? On what animals did they feed ? How is the fact of the 

 occurrence on one small island of so many animals belonging to 

 an extinct farma, accounted for ? 



Order Ixseotivora. — P. 438. — What is the shape of the teeth ? 

 What British animals are the representative of the Order ? So- 

 ricidce. — What is the name popularly given to the Shrew ? Wliat 

 are its habits? Is there any part of these countries where the 

 Water Shrew is not found ? Erinaceadcc. — P. 438. — Where is tiic 

 Common Hedgehog foimd? How is it defended? What idle 



