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easily cut, pretty, and scented. It is used in building, and for 
making furniture and small articles. 
2. Cotton Tree- — This is a handsome rather than a useful 
tree. Its leaves are compound, with the leaflets meeting at the 
top of the stalk. Its branches are large, spreading, and strangely 
twisted. Large flat growths of wood spread out from the lower part 
of the trunk. The seeds are hidden in a mass of fine threads. The 
wood, though soft, is useful after it has been steeped in lime-water. 
3- Ca.bba,£^e Palm» — This is also a tall and handsome tree. 
Its leaves are good as a vegetable. 
4. Gua,ng;o. — This large and spreading tree bears long, sweet 
pods, that are a good fattening food for horses and cattle. 
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 
A table showing where each animal described in this book is 
placed in the Animal Kingdom. 
1. Animals with Backbones. 
Bat, Hand-winged. 
Cat, Flesh- eater. 
Rat, Gnawer. 
Horse, Solid-hoofed. 
Cow, Cud-chewer. 
With hand -like 
flippers, and no 
hind limbs. 
Web-footed. 
Have scales or 
horny plates for 
covering. 
-ri \ Has two stages 
J?rog,.. ....... I QiiiiQ^ 
Shark, Breathes by gills, 
Manatee, 
Duck. .... 
Lizard, . . . 
Crocodile, 
Class: Mammals — 
suckle their young, 
breathe by lungs, 
skin is more or less 
hairy. 
Class: Birds. 
Cla^s: Reptiles. 
Class : Amphibians. 
Class: Fishes. 
Sub-kingdom : 
Vertebrata 
(backboned 
animals). 
2. Animals without Backbones. 
Bee, 6 jointed limbs. 
Spider, ) g -j^jjji-g^j limbs. 
Scorpion, .... ) *' 
10 jointed limbs. 
Without limbs. 
Crab, 
Lobster, . . . 
Earthworm, 
Class: Insects. 
Class: Arachnids. 
Class: Crustaceans. 
Class: Worms. 
Snail, 
With under part of body flattened to form 
the "foot". 
Sub- kingdom : 
Annulosa 
(bodies formed 
in ring-like por- 
tions). 
Sub-kingdom : 
Moliusca 
(soft-bodied 
animals). 
