

THE STUDY OF THE RABBIT. 



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With the children of the first or second year there 

 should not be more than five lessons on the rabbit. After 

 having the rabbit in the room a week, to get acquainted 

 and answer the simpler questions given under Pre- 

 paratory Work, the lessons could be divided as fol- 

 lows : 



LESSON I. Home and Home Life of Child and Tame 

 Rabbit. 



LESSON II. Habits. Movements and Playing of 

 Child and Rabbit. 



LESSON III. Habits. Food, Feeding, Washing, Hear- 

 ing of Child and Rabbit. 



LESSON IV. Structure and Adaptation. Limbs, 

 Teeth, Ears of Child and Rabbit. 



LESSON V. Bunny's Cousins. Squirrels, Rats, Mice. 



For Grrades or Years Three and Four. 



LESSON I. Something of life of our own " wild rab- 

 bit" or hare, in addition to life of tame 

 rabbit, dwelling on difference in life, 

 rather than on differences in structure. 



LESSON II. Careful study of one or two most com- 

 mon positions, of walking, hopping, 

 and playing, and of breathing. 



LESSON III. Much as given. 



LESSON IV. Much as given. 



LESSON V. Somewhat less detail. 



