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a child is smooth. Perhaps some children can tell how the 

 cat's tongue feels when she licks their hand. 



Adaptation. How are kitty's teeth fitted for eating and 

 tearing meat ? How are they fitted for biting ? How is 

 her tongue fitted for lapping milk ? How is her tongue 

 fitted for washing and brushing and combing herself ? 



Eyes and Ears. Use. Have a child show how he uses 

 his eyes: how he turns them toward the object he is ob- 

 serving ; how he protects them by closing the eyelids ; how 

 the pupils get smaller when looking toward a bright light, 



fig. 54. Cat's Eye in Daytime. Fig. 55. Cat's Eye at Night. 



and larger when turned away from the light. Have an- 

 other pupil show how his ears are used : how he does not 

 hear so well when his fingers are in his ears ; how he turns 

 his ear toward a ifound when it is faint. Compare with 

 the eyes and ears of the cat, dwelling on the great size 

 of the pupil of the cat's eye (See Figs. 54 and 55), (can- 

 not some of the pupils observe the cat at home, and tell 

 how large this opening is, when their cat is in a dark 

 place ?) and the movements of the ears ? 



Structure. Study, first in children and then in cat, the 

 position, lids, pupil, colored part and white of the eyes, 

 and the position and appearance of the ears. 



