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CHAPTER III 



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The Keeping of a Salt Water Aquarium Living Creatures of the Sea-shore . 35 



OBSERVATIONAL LESSON IV 

 PART I A Seed Pod (Continued, fourth investigation} . . . .41 



PART II The Sun (Continued) ....... 41 



PART III A Crab ....... .41 



CHAPTER IV 



Spiders' Webs and Chrysalis Hunting ...... 44 



OBSERVATIONAL LESSON V 

 PART I The Fall of a Sycamore Leaf ...... 51 



CHAPTER V 



The Collection and Identification of Autumn Leaves . . . .53 



Evergreens .......... 67 



OBSERVATIONAL LESSON VI 



PART I The Sun (Continued) . . . . . . .68 



PART II A Mould ......... 68 



PART III A Mushroom .... ... 70 



CHAPTER VI 

 Fungi n . m . . . . . . . . . .72 



Slime Fungi (Mycetozoa) . . . . . . .74 



OBSERVATIONAL LESSON VII 



PART I A Mould (Continued, second investigation) . . . . .76 



PART n A Mushroom (Continued, second investigation) . . . .76 



PART III A Blindworm ........ 77 



CHAPTER VII 

 British Reptiles ......... 80 



