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This method of procedure will take a deal of time and will 

 be infinitely more trouble to the teacher than it would be to 

 write these laws of geographical distribution on the board or 

 refer the pupils to the proper place in their text books and 

 have them learn them. But we are after mental stimulus rather 

 than knowledge in our education, and surely nothing is more 

 stimulating than the making of a discovery. To each pupil 

 these laws may come with all the shock of a mental revelation 

 even if the world does already know them. Therefore do not 

 state the laws and use the map merely to illustrate them. Let 

 the pupils continue work upon the map sufficiently long to dis- 

 cover them for themselves. 



Additional References. 



Harper's Magazine, Vol. LIV., p 519. 



Wright, Mabel Osgood. Cousins of the Cats in Four- 

 Footed Americans. 



Hulbert, Wm. Davenport. The Strenuous Life of a 

 Canadian Lynx in Forest Neighbors. 



Burroughs, T. What Do Animals Know? Century Mag- 

 azine, Aug., 1904, Vol. LXVIII, No. 4. 



The Wild Animal in Art, Outlook Magazine, Vol. LXXXI, 

 No. 4, Sept. 23, 1905. 



An Eight Year Old Child's Sketch of a Rabbit, From Life. 



