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10. Describe as well as you can the shape of the horse's 

 head as compared with your own. Make on your paper a 

 drawing of a horse's head. 



11. Where in its head are the eyes ? Of what advantage 

 to the horse is this location? 



12. Where are the ears placed ? What are some advan- 

 tages from this position ? 



FIG. 59. Skeleton of a horse. Note especially the arrangement of the 

 bones in foreleg and hind leg. 



13. Watch the horse eat, and see how it gets food into its 

 mouth. Why do we not need to eat in the same manner? 



14. Watch a horse drink, and then a hen. What about 

 a hen's mouth is different from the mouth of a horse or of a 

 man? 



