Lessons in Nature Study. 



FIG. 25. DUCK'S FOOT. 



pupils fasten the bones in position. Glue the foot to a 

 card or block ; have it signed by the 

 pupil as a souvenir of the work. 

 Older pupils can bore the bones and 

 wire them. 



IV. A very practical way of se- 

 curing the greatest benefit to the 

 greatest number, and having pupils of 

 one class help another, is to have the 

 older pupils make awls, bore bones, 

 and have the younger pupils use 

 them for seat-work. 



i. To make the awls : Select some 

 coarse needles about two inches long. 

 Lay a piece of flat iron or any smooth 

 iron on the lap. Heat the needle- 

 point red-hot in an alcohol lamp or 

 other flame and lay it on the iron 



and strike it while red-hot with a hammer ; this will flatten 

 the end or point like a chisel. The heating has removed 

 the temper. Reheat to redness and plunge in cold water 

 to retemper. The boys can whittle out handles and set the 

 school-made awls into them. 



2. Bore the bones from end to end like beads. 



3. For seat-work gwe a child the bones of a foot which 

 has previously been bored, and give him also needle and 

 thread or piece of fine wire. Ask him to string the bones 

 and make a chicken's foot of them. The feet and also all 

 kinds of wings may be managed in like manner. 



BONES. III. 

 I. Wings. 



Having eaten the flesh from the wing of chicken at 

 dinner, save the bones and boil them in a little strong 

 soap-suds to remove the grease. These may be glued or 

 wired as in the preceding lesson. If the teacher cannot 



