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toes on each foot, and sometimes with both ; 

 but these supernumerary fingers and toes do 

 not always have bones in them. 



SKELETONS. When the bones of an animal 

 are put together, and fastened to each other by 

 pieces of wire, the whole is called a skeleton. 



There is another kind of skeleton, but it is 

 not so common. It is made by stripping off all 

 the soft parts of the body, except the liga- 

 ments ; these are suffered to remain. The 

 whole is then very thoroughly dried. This 

 saves the trouble of having wires. 



The engraving represents the human skele- 

 ton fastened together by wires, in the usual 

 manner. It is represented in this posture in 

 order to give you a different view from that 

 opposite the title-page. 



