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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The guimero monster page 233 



Thefdugong 233 



The walrus 234 



Hyaenas page 234 



The rhinoceros's horn .... 234 

 The mammoth 235 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Insects 



Vermes (or worms) 236 



Tribes of insects 237 



Changes of form 237 



The ephemera 238 



The ceils of bees 238 



Bees 239 



The queen bee 239 



Life of insects 239 



The sphinx atropos 239 



Sexes of insects 240 



The musquetoe ........ 240 



Peculiarities of insects . . 240 



The eyes of insects 240 



Snails 241 



The boring insect 241 



Frogs 241 



Star-shot jelly 242 



Live toads in stones . . 242 



236 Lizards 242 



Poisonous serpents 243 



The leech 243 



Three hearts 243 



Shells 243 



Crabs 244 



The nautilus 244 



The polypus 244 



Reproduction 245 



Coral worms . * 245 



Marine zoophytes 246 



Sponge 246 



Ants . . 246 



The food of ants 247 



Invisible animalcules .... 247 



Infusoria 248 



Vinegar eels 248 



Spiders 248 



ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE. 



The skeleton 249 



The embryon state 249 



The brain or cerebrum. ... 250 

 The cerebellum, or little 



brain 250 



Division of the brain .... 250 



Brains not indispensable . . 251 



Gall & Spurzheim's system 251 



Nerves 251 



The optic nerve 252 



The liver 252 



The ribs 252 



The teeth* 252 



The blood 253 



Circulation of the blood . . 253 



The pulse 254 



The Chinese doctrine of 



pulsation 254 



Involuntary motion 255 



Vibrations 255 



The heart , 255 



The eye 255 



Magnifiers of the eye .... 256 



The hair 256 



The chyle 256 



The bile 257 



The gastric juice 257 



The stomach 257 



Sympathy of the brain and 



stomach 258 



