338 QUESTIONS. 



markable circumstance in respect to their habits of breathing ? What 

 is said of the Sea'? 



(P. 42.) JV/iat is the Fourth Order of the class Mammalia ? Describe 

 particularly their teeth. What provision is made for renewing, on the 

 body of the tooth, what is worn away by use? What are the charac- 

 teristics of the Beaver? Relate the incident given in the note.WGive 

 some account of the Jerboa; the Louisiana Marmot; the Porcu- 

 pine. 



(P. 44.) What is the name of the Fifth Order? Mention the charac- 

 teristics of this order. Name some specimens of this order. 



(P. 45.) Give the name and the characteristics of the Sixth Order. 

 Mention examples. What is the most remarkable peculiarity of the 

 ruminating animals ? Mention the internal structure upon which this 

 depends. What is the paunch ? the bonnet, or king's hood ? What 

 are the names of the third stomach ? State the action of the fourth 

 stomach. Describe the process of rumination. 



(P. 46.) Give some further account of the ruminating animals. For 

 what are the Camel and Dromedary particularly valuable ? How is 

 their power of going so long without drinking explained ? What is 

 the difference between the Arabian Camel and the Bactrian ? _* ^ 



Give an account of the Lama; of the Bison, or Buffalo; ctf the 

 Camelopard, or Giraffe. Which of the animals of this class are without 

 horns ? Describe the horns. 



(P. 48.) Name the Seventh Order, and give its characteristics. Men- 

 tion examples. Give a description of the Elephant. How many kinds 

 of Elephant? Describe the Mastodon, or Mammoth; the Hippopot- 

 amus ; the Rhinoceros ; the Tapir ; the Wild Boar. 



(P. 50.) What animals are called Solipeda? What are the charac- 

 teristics of the Horse ? What other animals are embraced in this class ? 

 What is their natural state ? What is said of the different breeds of 

 Horses ? 



(P. 51.) What is the Eighth Order? Name the striking peculiarities 

 of this order. What is said of the Sea-ox ? of the Sea-cow ? of 

 the Dugong, <fec. ? To what superstitious fables have they probably 

 given rise ? What animals of this class are called blowers ? Why ? 

 What peculiar arrangement for taking food in the great Balasna 

 Whale ? What is said of the Greenland Whale ? of the Spermaceti 

 Whales? 



(P. 52.) What is the Ninth Order, and what i's said of the animals 

 that compose it ? of the Kangaroo ? of the Opossum ? of the 

 Ornithorhynchus? Why are they arranged here in a separate class? 

 What is the most remarkable circumstance in regard to these animals ? 

 What is said of the young of the Kangaroo ? Describe the arrange 

 ment for carrying their young. Give some account of the Opossum 



