CONTENTS. 



Page. 



NATURAL HISTORY. Introductory observations . . 1 

 MAX. Races of Men 

 Structure of the human body 

 Organs of respiration, Circulation of the blood, and 



Digestion . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 



Organs of the senses . . . . . . . . " . . 20 



Organs of the voice . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 



ANIMAL KINGDOM. Classification 26 



VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. Class Mammalia . . . . . . 27 



Order quadrumana . . . . . . . , . . 32 



,, insectivora .. .. .. .. .. 32 



,, carnivora .. .. 36 



,, rodentia . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 



,, pachydermata . . . . . . . . . . . 45 



,, ruminantia . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 



,, marsupialia . . . . . . 55 



cetacea . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 



CLASS AVES. Structure . . . . . . . . . . 57 



Classification ; Orders of Birds . . . . , . . . 63 



Order of birds of prey, or raptor es . . . . . . 65 



,, perching birds . , , , 68 



