58 ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



kingdom is known to contain as many as fifty 

 thousand different species. 



The mineral kingdom includes all those na- 

 tural objects which have no life, such as stones, 

 earths, metals, and many others. This kingdom 

 contains about two hundred and seventy species. 



We are thus already acquainted with upwards 

 of seventy-three thousand different kinds of ob- 

 jects, the whole of which come under the general 

 term, " productions of nature," and fall into one 

 of the great divisions, or kingdoms. 

 - These kingdoms are essential one to another, 

 for without the vegetable world animals could 

 not live, nor the vegetable without the mineral. 

 The meanest animal is designed for some certain 

 use, so is the most insignificant vegetable or 

 mineral ; and this should make us careful to 

 examine every thing that comes before us, as we 

 shall never fail to find much that will both please 

 and instruct us. 



Questions. 



Mention the three kingdoms of nature. 



What is animal life 1 



In what does vegetable life differ from animal life ? 



What does the mineral kingdom include ? 



Are the three kingdoms independent of each other ? 



What do we learn from every thing having some use 1 



Which of the three kingdoms includes the following ob 

 jects 1 A horse an oyster a whale ? 

 {'Which comprises the following objects ? A diamond a 

 flint a sword blade? 



Which the following 1 A rose a pine tree a strawberry! 



