228 Review of Animals. 



What places are celebrated for great numbers of cattle ? South 

 America, Mexico and Texas. 



How are the cattle caught on the pampas and prairies? By 

 means of the lasso. What is a lasso ? How is it used ? 



How is the American Buffalo hunted? Where? Of what use 

 ;s it? What is the difference between the American Buffalo 

 (Bison) and the Buffalo of Asia? 



What is the difference between a wild and a domestic animal ? 

 Mention some wild animals domestic animals. 



What animal is most familiar with people? Mention some 

 kinds of Dogs. What wild animals resemble the Dog? What 

 animal is said to be the most sly and cunning ? Fox. Which is 

 the most savage animal of the dog-kind ? Wolf. What very 

 savage animal somewhat resembles the Dog ? Hyena. 



What animal is called the " King of Beasts?" Where does the 

 Lion live? To what kind or division of animals does it belong? 

 The cat-kind. Why? Because, like the Cat, it has sharp claws, round 

 head, short ears, and long -whiskers ; springs upon its prey, and seeks 

 its food mostly at night. 



What other animals belong to the cat-kind? Tiger, Leopard, 

 Jaguar, Puma, and Lynx. 



In what division of the Earth is the Lion found ? The Tiger ? 

 The Leopard ? The Jaguar ? How is the Leopard easily distin- 

 guished from the Tiger? The Tiger is striped ; the Leopard is 

 spotted. What kind of food do animals of the dog and cat kinds 

 prefer? Flesh. 



What animals mostly resemble man? Gorilla and Chimpanzee. 

 In what part of the world are they found ? To what kind or divi- 

 sion of animals do they belong? The monkey-kind. 



Name some of the differences between the monkey-kind and 

 man-kind ? The monkey-kind is very ugly, has four hands instead 

 of two hands and two feet, smaller brain, larger jaw, longer arms, 

 body covered with hair and adapted only to a hot climate. 



What animals belong to the monkey-kind ? Where are Monkeys 

 numerous? South America, Asia and Africa. What can you say 

 of the Monkey? How does a Gorilla act when attacked ? 



Which is the largest and heaviest quadruped ? Elephant. Which 

 is the tallest? Giraffe. How much taller is the Giraffe than the 



