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ETON NATURE-STUDY 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WORK OUT OF SCHOOL 



Obtain the limbs of several small back-boned animals, for instance, 

 those of the chicken and frog ; cut away as much of the skin and 



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From a photograph by Wilfred Mark Webb ; from the specimens in the British 

 Museum (Natural History). 



FIGURE 100. The Skeleton of a Man and a Horse compared. 



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flesh as possible, leaving the gristle between the joints, and then 

 soak the bones in water, scraping every now and then with an old 

 tooth-brush. When they are as clean as possible, they may be left 



