58 NATURE STUDY. 



LESSON II. 



Habits, Positions, and Movements. 



Aim. Much as given in Lesson I. We have learned 

 about the homes and home life of the rabbits. To-day 

 we will see how much we have learned, and how much 

 we can learn, with our own eyes, about their habits, and 

 the ways in which their life resembles ours. 



Fig. 16. Drawing of Rabbit, "blocked in." 



Preparation. Previous observations. The success 

 of Step 1 will depend almost entirely upon the definite- 

 ness of these preliminary observations. 



STEP 1. Positions. 



When at rest. Draws himself together into a furry 

 ball, his back arched, with the highest point back of the 

 middle, his head drawn in close to the body, his ears 

 turned more or less backward, his eyes only partly 

 closed, his feet under him so that they scarcely show. 



Wlten asleep. Sometimes in above position. More 



