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let the pupil peer under any object large enough to afford 

 shelter to these creatures. By following the furrows made 

 by a plow, certain kinds will surely be met with. The pupil 

 must be urged to pick up every thing that he thinks is an 

 insect, such as grasshoppers, beetles, flies, ants, spiders, etc. 

 In a single holiday afternoon the pupil will have gath- 

 ered some of the following animals : 



FIG. 53. SOME OF THE ANIMALS COLLECTED. 



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PARTS OF AN INSECT 



50. THE animals are now to be carefully examined. Let 

 the pupils pick out, and arrange together in one portion of 

 the box, all of those which have three pairs of legs. In 



