40 THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. 



are not apt to give young children time enough 

 to get clear and well-fixed ideas of things. 

 Both teachers and parents are quite too apt to 

 hurry over things rapidly, as if they thought 

 the young would be wise in proportion to the 

 number of books studied, or rather run over. 



THE ANKLE. Between the lower ends of 

 the tibia and fibula, and the bones of the foot, 

 are seven short bones, not unlike those of the 

 wrist in shape, but rather larger. Of these 

 you will get a tolerable idea, when I come 

 to describe the bones of the upper extremities. 



