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from anything near London. London boys see the sea, but never (or 

 hardly ever) a mountain. 



Lessons are given at school before going, and each boy has a hecto- 

 graphed guide." 



The long excursions from Arnot Road School, Liverpool, 

 extend sometimes over several weeks, but at the end of each, 

 a batch of boys returns home and is replaced by another. 



(3) Visits. — The Leeds School Board exhibited an illus- 

 trated scheme under which some 7000 children visit the 

 Leeds museum. (See also p. 68.) In connection with 

 the Liverpool School Board the Liverpool Museums had 

 on view several of the circulating cabinets which seventy- 

 five schools and institutions receive in rotation free of 

 charge. The director of the museums says in this con- 

 nection: — 



"That these efforts to interest school children in Nature-study are 

 producing good results is strikingly demonstrated by the way in which 

 school children avail themselves of holidays voluntarily to visit our 

 museums — the fact of the occurrence of a school holiday being of late 

 always unmistakably indicated by the invasion of the museums by school 

 children, who evinced a growing interest in the exhibits." 



Allusion should also be made to the fresh botanical speci- 

 mens distributed by the London County Council to the 

 schools of the London Board, and it may be mentioned that 

 evidence of the good work done by the Kyrle Society, in 

 respect to furnishing material for study, was also to be found 

 in the exhibition. 



Collections have already been considered under the head- 

 ing of " Records ", but they may be mentioned again here, 

 as they also serve a useful purpose in showing children 

 what to look for. 



The head-master of Sutton Preparatory School says : — 



'* Nothing is better for the school-boy, of the kind with which I have 

 to deal, in my opinion, than to take up the study of the British land and 

 fresh- water shells, as they can be found in every parish and district, and 

 do not involve a visit to the sea-side ". 



