88 NATURE STUDY. 



LESSON VI. Dwell on ears, jaw, and incisors, and on 

 adaptation. 



LESSON VII. Compare rabbit with two other rodents, 

 with cat and with fish and chicken (or 

 canary-bird), dwelling on clearly visible 

 characteristics (the bony skeleton is 

 not visible), and trying to impress clear 

 idea of gnawing animals and of hairy 

 or fur-covered animals. 



For Upper Grrades. 



In grades five or six, for which this is planned, and 

 with older pupils, the study of the rabbit may well be a 

 veritable "introduction to animal study." . Beginning 

 with the rabbit, the other rodents or mammals or verte- 

 brates may well occupy for months the period which 

 can be given to nature study. In the school with which 

 the writer is connected such work, continued four or 

 five months, three to five times a week, has aroused 

 great interest and given very satisfactory results in 

 grades six, seven, and eight. The boys in particular, 

 at this age, are apt to take more interest in such animal 

 study than in plant study. The work must, however, 

 be observational, based on the careful observation of 

 type animals, not mere reading and talking about 

 animals. 



