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may be made, e.g. as between the different months of the 

 year, the same months in different years, neighbouring 

 counties or districts of different altitude or configuration, 

 and so on. Teachers in differently situated localities 

 might supply each other with their weather records for 

 comparison. The pupils should be taught to make graphs 

 to illustrate such points as these. 



IV. KEEPING OF CALENDARS : 



Pupils of this grade to share in the general work of re- 

 porting observations for insertion in the calendars kept in 

 school and details of which have been already outlined. 



V. G-ENERAL : 



Throughout, practice in description should be given, 

 verbally and by means of writing and drawing ; the teacher 

 should take every opportunity by quoting from nature 

 literature of the best kind and by causing suitable selec- 

 tions to be learnt by heart to enrich the memories of the 

 pupils with lofty sentiment and to cultivate an appreciation 

 of the aesthetic aspects of nature. It will be suitable also 

 at the close of this stage that the teacher should sum- 

 marise with the pupils the more important generalisations 

 in Biology which have been prominently illustrated in the 

 studies of the previous years. (For these see conclusions 

 formulated at the end of the several sections in the fore- 

 going Courses.) 



