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parts gained from dissection and experiment, is essential to 

 a full comprehension of what the student learns from text- 

 book and teacher. 



The greater number of illustrations are new, and have 

 been drawn or photographed from living or preserved ma- 

 terial. When not otherwise accredited, the drawings have 

 been made by Miss Mary H. AVellman and J. Carter Beard, 

 to whom the authors extend their sincere thanks. Our 

 obligations are also due to Mr. Walter K. Fisher, who has 

 made the drawings of the vertebrate dissections ; to Messrs. 

 A. L. Melander and C. T. Brues, of Chicago, 111. ; Mr. Wm. 

 H. Fisher, of Baltimore, Md. ; Kev. H. K. Job, of Kent, 

 Conn. ; Mr. Wm. Graham, of Pasadena, Cal. ; and Dr. K. W. 

 Shufeldt, of New York city, for numerous photographs. 



DAVID STABB JOBDAN, 

 HABOLD HEATH. 



