CONTENTS 
Part I.— ANIMAL LIFE 
Pag. 
The Bat 9 
The Cat - - - - - - - - ^ 11 
The Eat --------- 15 
The Horse 18 
The Cow - - ----- - - 22 
Milk and Butter - - - - . . - 25 
The Manatee, or Sea-cow - . - . - - 28 
The Duck -------- 30 
Lizards - 33 
Crocodiles - -- -- -- .35 
Tadpoles and Frogs ------- 38 
The Frog - - - 41 
The Shark - - - - . . 44 
Bees.— 1. - - - 46 
Bees.— 11. 49 
Spiders' Webs 51 
The Spider and the Scorpion ----- 55 
Crabs and Lobsters - - - - - - - 57 
The Earthworm - - 60 
Little Workers - - - - - - - 62 
The Snail 65 
Part IL— PLANT LIFE 
Plants 68 
Eoots. — I. ... _ _ . - - 72 
Eoots.— II. - - 75 
Stems and Shoots. — I. 78 
Stems and Shoots. — II. - 82 
Leaves. — 1. - -- -- -- -86 
Leaves. — II. - - - - - - -89 
Flowers.— 1. 93 
Flowers.— IL - - 96 
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