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does she use? Could you use the same teeth to bite with? 

 Does a cat chew her food well? Why does she lick the bone? 

 When she licks your hand does her tongue feel soft and smooth 

 like your own ? Give a cat a few loose bits of meat or scraps of 

 other food. Does she seize them quickly or deliberately? Does 

 she stop to chew them well? Bring in a second cat while the 

 first one is feeding. Watch their behavior. Give the second 

 cat some scraps to eat near where the first one is feeding. What 

 follows? Inquire of the children if their cats at home eat with 

 other animals from the same dish. 



At the close of the lesson, let several children tell what they 

 have seen. Try to secure well stated expressions of the observa- 

 tions made. Commend those sharp eyed little people who see 

 accurately. Ask for additional observations that children have 

 been making outside of school, on the topic of the week. This is 

 of much importance for we do not wish the study of nature to be 

 considered merely a school exercise, but to be established as a 

 life habit. It may require several attempts to secure satisfactory 

 observations on the points above noted. There are no unvarying 

 answers to these questions as there are to arithmetic problems and 

 yet I am sure there will be almost unanimity. 



Lesson II. Feeding, Continued. — As in lesson one, provide a 

 bone and some scraps of food. Have some boy bring his dog to 

 school. Be sure that it is hungry. Then feed it while the children 

 watch. The same series of questions used for the cat may form 

 the outline for the study of the dog's feeding. It will be unwise 

 however to bring in a second dog unless there is an abundance for 

 both. 



Drinking. — After he has fed, give the dog a drink. How does 

 he get the water? Watch to see the shape of his tongue as he 

 laps it. Send some pupil to the board to draw the shape. Have 

 pupils give their kittens some milk at home and watch to see how 

 they drink it. Does a horse drink as a dog does? How does a 

 cow drink? Do not fail to call for clear statements of the 

 observations made both in school and out. 



Lesson III. Feeding, Continued. — For this lesson have the 

 squirrels and rabbits in the school room. It is wise to cover the 

 entire outside of the box that you use as a cage, and not the open 

 side only, with the inph-meshed galvanized wire netting or else 

 protect vulnerable points with strips of tin. These animals are 

 rodents and will gnaw their way to freedom and mischief in the 

 schoolroom, if opportunity offers. 



Watch the rabbits and squirrels eat. How does the squirrel 



