COMMON OBJECTS OF THE COUNTRY. 



CHAPTEE I. 



EYES AND NO EYES — DIFFICULTIES OF OBSERVERS — THE BATS— 

 LONG-EARED BAT— ITS UTILITY— SPORT AND MURDER— SONG 

 OF THE BAT — A BRAVE PRISONER — HOW BATS FEED —HAIR 

 OF BAT AND MOUSE — WING OF THE BAT — THE FIELD-MOUSE — 

 ITS STEALTHY MOVEMENTS — HARVEST MOUSE — WATER RAT— 

 AN INNOCENT VICTIM. 



Every one has read, or at least heard of, the tale 

 entitled "Eyes and no Eyes"; which tale is to he 

 found in the Evenings at Home. .Now this story, 

 or rather the moral of it, is, in my opinion, as often 

 used unfairly as rightly. 



Although there are those who pass through life 

 with closed eyes and stopped ears, yet there are 

 many more who would be glad to use their eyes and 

 ears, but know not how to do so for want of proper 

 teaching. To one who has not learned to read, the 

 Bible itself is but a series of senseless black marks ; 

 and similarly, the unwritten "Word that lies around, 

 below, and above us, is unmeaning to those who 

 cannot read it. 



